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Deformation Theory Seminar

Wednesday, August 23, 2006 - 2:00pm

Jae-Suk Park

Yonsei U, Korea

Location

University of Pennsylvania

DRL 4N30

Classical BV algebra is the underlying algebraic structure of quantum fields theory in its classical limit, and is both DGA and DGLA with a suitable compatibility condition. On its cohomology there are structures of mimimal A_\infty-algebra and minimal L_\infty-algebra induced from the DGA part and DGLA part, respectively. I will explain both mathematical and physical meaning of those homotopy algebras and discuss another homotopy algebraic structures induced from 'the compatibility part'. Then I will explain how those structures to become the limiting case of quantum flat structure.