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String topology and the based loop space
We relate the Batalin-Vilkovisky (BV) algebra structure of the string topology of a manifold to the homological algebra of the singular chains of the based loop space of that manifold, showing that its Hochschild cohomology carries a BV algebra structure isomorphic to that of string topology. Furthermore, this structure is compatible with the usual cup product and Lie bracket on Hochschild cohomology. This isomorphism arises from a derived form of Poincare duality using modules over the based loop space as local coefficient systems. This derived Poincare duality also comes from a form of fibrewise Atiyah duality on the level of fibrewise spectra, and we use this perspective to connect the algebraic constructions to the Chas-Sullivan loop product.
- "We relate the Batalin-Vilkovisky (BV) algebra structure of the string topology of a manifold to the homological algebra of the singular chains of the based loop space of that manifold, showing that its Hochschild cohomology carries a BV algebra structure isomorphic to that of string topology. Furthermore, this structure is compatible with the usual cup product and Lie bracket on Hochschild cohomology. This isomorphism arises from a derived form of Poincare duality using modules over the based loop space as local coefficient systems. This derived Poincare duality also comes from a form of fibrewise Atiyah duality on the level of fibrewise spectra, and we use this perspective to connect the algebraic constructions to the Chas-Sullivan loop product."@en
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