De Rham complex of a Gerstenhaber algebra

2015/07/07 by Vadim Schechtman, Schechtman, Vadim
Mathematics · #16E40 #16E45 #Algebraic Geometry (math.AG) #FOS: Mathematics #math.AG #msc:16E40 #msc:16E45

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1507.01744

17 pages

arxiv created 2015/07/07 · arxiv updated 2015/07/08

Abstract

We introduce a notion of the De Rham complex of a Gerstenhaber algebra which produces a notion of a "quasi-BV structure", and allows to classify these structures, generalizing the classical results for polyvector fields.

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