In joint work with Sati and Schreiber, we give a generalization of the notion of connection from Lie algebras to $L_\infty$-algebras. The chief application in the talk is the study of the obstruction theory of lifts through higher String-like extensions of Lie algebras.
Deformation Theory Seminar
Wednesday, February 20, 2008 - 2:00pm
Jim Stasheff
U Penn and UNC-CH Emeritus