Noncommutative geometry and compactifications of the moduli space of curves (Q961993)

From author's abstract: We show that the homology of a certain natural compactification of the moduli space, introduced by \textit{M. Kontsevich} [Commun. Math. Phys. 147, No. 1, 1--23 (1992; Zbl 0756.35081)] in his study of Witten's conjecture, can be described completely algebraically as the homology of a certain differential graded Lie algebra. This two-parameter family is constructed by using a Lie cobracket on the space of noncommutative 0-forms, a structure which corresponds to pinching simple closed curves on a Riemann surface, to deform the noncommutative symplectic geometry described by \textit{Kontsevich} in his subsequent papers [in: The Gelfand Seminars, 1990--1992. Basel: Birkhäuser. 173--187 (1993; Zbl 0821.58018); Prog. Math. 120, 97--121 (1994; Zbl 0872.57001)].