Abstract
We give a popular introduction to formality theorems for Hochschild complexes and their applications. We review some of the recent results and prove that the truncated Hochschild cochain complex of a polynomial algebra is non-formal.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 103-136 |
Number of pages | 34 |
Journal | Letters in Mathematical Physics |
Volume | 90 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Nov 2009 |
Funding
We would like to thank J. Stasheff for discussions and for his useful comments on the first version of our manuscript. D.T. and B.T. are supported by NSF grants. The work of V.D. is partially supported by the Grant for Support of Scientific Schools NSh-3036.2008.2.
Keywords
- Deformation quantization
- Hochschild complexes
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Statistical and Nonlinear Physics
- Mathematical Physics