Symplectic A_\infty-algebras and string topology operations

zbMATH Open1153.55009arXiv0707.4003MaRDI QIDQ3530453FDOQ3530453

Authors: Alastair Hamilton, Andrey Lazarev 

Publication date: 20 October 2008

Abstract: In this paper we establish the existence of certain structures on the ordinary and equivariant homology of the free loop space on a manifold or, more generally, a formal Poincar'e duality space. These structures; namely the loop product, the loop bracket and the string bracket, were introduced and studied by Chas and Sullivan under the general heading `string topology'. Our method is based on obstruction theory for $C_{i}nfty$-algebras and rational homotopy theory. The resulting string topology operations are manifestly homotopy invariant.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0707.4003

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zbMATH Keywords

Gerstenhaber algebrastring topology\(A_\infty\)-algebra

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

(Co)homology of rings and associative algebras (e.g., Hochschild, cyclic, dihedral, etc.) (16E40) Rational homotopy theory (55P62)

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