Odd structures are odd

DOI10.1007/S00006-016-0720-8MaRDI QIDQ2361405zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Martin Markl

Publication date 30 June 2017

Published in Advances in Applied Clifford Algebras (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1603.03184, http://hdl.handle.net/21.11116/0000-0004-0C96-6

zbMATH Keywords

graded vector spacesKoszul sign rulemonoidal structureodd endomoprhism operad

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Enriched categories (over closed or monoidal categories) (18D20)

Abstract: By an odd structure we mean an algebraic structure in the category of graded vector spaces whose structure operations have odd degrees. Particularly important are odd modular operads which appear as Feynman transforms of modular operads and, as such, describe some structures of string field theory. We will explain how odd structures are affected by the choice of the monoidal structure of the underlying category. We will then present two `natural' and `canonical' constructions of an odd modular endomorphism operad leading to different results, only one being correct. This contradicts the generally accepted belief that the systematic use of the Koszul sign convention leads to correct signs.

Review text

An odd structure is a structure in the category of graded vector spaces whose maps have odd degrees. For example, the bar construction of a modular operad is an odd modular operad (and not a modular operad). Models of such structures depend on the choice of the monoidal structure of the underlying category of graded vector spaces. Here, two choices, qualified as ``natural and ``canonical, are made: they give two different results, only one being correct. The author's conclusion is that ``even the systematic and careful use of the Koszul sign rule might lead to wrong results if one is unlucky.

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