Twisted deformation quantization of algebraic varieties (survey) (Q2895467)

In [Lett. Math. Phys. 66, No. 3, 157--216 (2003; Zbl 1058.53065)], \textit{M. Kontsevich} proved that any Poisson manifold can be canonically quantized. More precisely, there is a one-to-one correspondence between the set of equivalence classes of associative algebras close to algebras of functions on manifolds and the set of equivalence classes of Poisson manifolds modulo diffeomorphisms. In fact, it is a consequence of Kontsevich's formality theorem: There is an \(L_\infty\)-algebra quasi-isomorphism between the DG-Lie algebra of polyvector fields and the DG-Lie algebra of Hochschild complex. There are many works extending Kontsevich's formality theorem from Poisson manifolds to algebraic varieties. This paper is a survey of the author's recent work in this direction. It introduces a very interesting twisted version of associative (resp. Poisson) deformation for a smooth algebraic variety, defines a quantization map and proves a generalized formality theorem. Proofs of the main theorems are omitted. The four appendices are very readable introductions to background materials.NEWLINENEWLINEFor the entire collection see [Zbl 1232.16001].