2009丘成桐中學數學獎說明會.pptVIP

The string topology BV algebra, Hochschild cohomology and the Goldman bracket on surfaces In this work we study string topology in the case when X is aspherical (i.e. its homotopy groups πi(X) = 0 for i 1). In this case the Hochschild cohomology Gerstenhaber algebra HH*(A) of the group algebra A of the fundamental group of X has a BV structure. Our main result is a theorem establishing a natural isomorphism between the Hochschild cohomology BV algebra HH*(A) and the string topology BV algebra H*(X). The string topology BV algebra, Hochschild cohomology and the Goldman bracket on surfaces