Formality theorems for hochschild complexes and their applications

Vasiliy Dolgushev*, Dmitry Tamarkin, Boris Tsygan

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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 languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)103-136
Number of pages34
JournalLetters in Mathematical Physics
Volume90
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 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

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