Algebraic structures on generalized strings

Abstract: A garland based on a manifold

P

is a finite set of manifolds homeomorphic to

P

with some of them glued together at marked points. Fix a manifold

M

and consider a space

N N

of all smooth mappings of garlands based on

P

into

M

. We construct operations

and

[-, -]

on the bordism groups

that give

the natural graded commutative assosiative and graded Lie algebra structures. We also construct two auto-homomorphisms

p r

and

l i

of

such that

for all

. If

P

is a boundary, then

p r c i r c l i = 0

and thus

D e l t a^{2} = 0

for

D e l t a = l i c i r c p r

. We show that under certain conditions the operations

D e l t a

and

give rise to Batalin-Vilkoviski and Gerstenhaber algebra structures on

. In a particular case when

P = S^{1}

, the algebra

is related to the string-homology algebra constructed by Chas and Sullivan.

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