A Chain Level Batalin-Vilkovisky Structure in String Topology Via de Rham Chains

作者:Irie Kei*
来源:International Mathematics Research Notices, 2018, 2018(15): 4602-4674.
DOI:10.1093/imrn/rnx023

摘要

The aim of this article is to define a chain level refinement of the Batalin-Vilkovisky (BV) algebra structure on the homology of the free loop space of a closed, oriented C-infinity-manifold. For this purpose, we define a (nonsymmetric) cyclic dg operad which consists of "de Rham chains" of free loops with marked points. A notion of de Rham chains, which is a certain hybrid of the notions of singular chains and differential forms, is a key ingredient in our construction. Combined with a generalization of cyclic Deligne's conjecture, this dg operad produces a chain model of the free loop space which admits an action of a chain model of the framed little disks operad, recovering the string topology BV algebra structure on the homology level.

  • 出版日期2018-8