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New cohomology theory for Lie 2-algebras extends classical theory.

This is the third of a series of papers on a new equivariant cohomology that takes values in a vertex algebra, and contains and generalizes the classical equivariant cohomology of a manifold with a Lie group action a la H. Cartan. In this paper, we compute this cohomology for spheres and show that for any simple connec…

Quantum cohomology connects quantum physics with classical math.

Generics extended to new cohomologies.

We construct a new equivariant cohomology theory for a certain class of differential vertex algebras, which we call the chiral equivariant cohomology. A principal example of a differential vertex algebra in this class is the chiral de Rham complex of Malikov-Schechtman-Vaintrob of a manifold with a group action. The ma…

Study cohomology of quaternionic foliations and orbifolds.

Global homotopies upgrade classical map in differential geometry.

We formalize the construction by Batalin and Vilkovisky of a solution of the classical master equation associated with a regular function on a nonsingular affine variety (the classical action). We introduce the notion of stable equivalence of solutions and prove that a solution exists and is unique up to stable equival…

Constructs equivariant cohomology models for differentiable stacks.

New cohomology functors refine classical invariants of homotopy types.

We extend Massey products from cohomology to differential cohomology via stacks, organizing and generalizing existing constructions in Deligne cohomology. We study the properties and show how they are related to more classical Massey products in de Rham, singular, and Deligne cohomology. The setting and the algebraic m…

Introduces new cohomology theories for Lie 2-algebras and groups.

We present a deRham model for Chen-Ruan cohomology ring of abelian orbifolds. We introduce the notion of \emph{twist factors} so that formally the stringy cohomology ring can be defined without going through pseudo-holomorphic orbifold curves. Thus our model can be viewed as the classical description of Chen-Ruan cohom…

We show that the theory of Lie algebra cohomology can be recast in a topological setting and that classical results, such as the Shapiro lemma and the van Est isomorphism, carry over to this augmented context.

Study differential operators on specific manifolds and their harmonic forms.

Study cohomology rings of Grassmannians using Clifford algebras and symmetric spaces.

New exact sequence links cohomology, automorphisms, and extensions of symmetric quandles.

This work is devoted to an intrinsic cohomology theory of Koszul-Vinberg algebras and their modules. Our results may be regarded as improvements of the attempt by Albert Nijenhuis in [NA]. The relationships between the cohomology theory developed here and some classical problems are pointed out, e.g. extensions of alge…

We consider spectral sequences in smooth generalized cohomology theories, including differential generalized cohomology theories. The main differential spectral sequences will be of the Atiyah-Hirzebruch (AHSS) type, where we provide a filtration by the Cech resolution of smooth manifolds. This allows for systematic st…

New quandles classify surfaces, with infinite cohomology.

The classical Godbillon-Vey invariant is an odd degree cohomology class that is a cobordism invariant of a single foliation. Here we investigate cohomology classes of even degree that are cobordism invariants of (germs of) 1-parameter families of foliations.

A new cohomology, induced by a vector field, is defined on pairs of differential forms ($1$--differentiable forms) in a manifold. It is proved a link with the classical de Rham cohomology and an $1$-differentable cohomology of Lichnerowicz type associated to an one form. Also, the case when the manifold is complex and …

New method classifies Heintze groups using $L^p$-cohomology.

In this paper we define coeffective de Rham cohomology for basic forms on a $K$--contact or Sasakian manifold $M$ and we discuss its relation with usually basic cohomology of $M$. When $M$ is of finite type (for instance it is compact) several inequalities relating some basic coeffective numbers to classical basic Bett…

New displacement technique vanishes bounded cohomology in all degrees.

This is the second in a series of papers on a new equivariant cohomology that takes values in a vertex algebra. In an earlier paper, the first two authors gave a construction of the cohomology functor on the category of O(sg) algebras. The new cohomology theory can be viewed as a kind of "chiralization'' of the classic…

The 2-twist spun trefoil is an example of a sphere that is knotted in 4-dimensional space. Here this example is shown to be distinct from the same sphere with the reversed orientation. To demonstrate this fact a state-sum invariant for classical knots and knotted surfaces is developed via a cohomology theory of racks a…

We prove that if the dimension of the first cohomology group of a $RCD^*(0,N)$ space is $N$, then the space is a flat torus. This generalizes a classical result due to Bochner to the non-smooth setting and also provides a first example where the study of the cohomology groups in such synthetic framework leads to geomet…

Formula for Dolbeault cohomology groups on complex manifolds with vector bundles.

We construct a connected finite loop space of rank 66 and dimension 1254 whose rational cohomology is not isomorphic as a graded vector space to the rational cohomology of any compact Lie group, hence providing a counterexample to a classical conjecture. Aided by machine calculation we verify that our counterexample is…

The paper proves Hodge decompositions and partial bar partial lemmas for G2 and Calabi-Yau manifolds.

Researchers calculate cohomological dimensions of manifold configuration spaces, proving arithmeticity and providing bounds.

This paper refines homotopy theory for cubical sets and uniform spaces.

We define quantum exterior product wedge_h and quantum exterior differential d_h on Poisson manifolds (of which symplectic manifolds are an important class of examples). Quantum de Rham cohomology, which is a deformation quantization of de Rham cohomology, is defined as the cohomology of d_h. We also define quantum Dol…

A Morse complex for Axiom A flows on smooth manifolds.

Study on cohomology of singular foliations with localization results.

Introduces new cohomologies on complex manifolds, extending classical Bott-Chern and Aeppli.

The paper generalizes Hodge theory to semisimple local systems and proves a geometric Decomposition theorem.

The cohomology of the pure string motion group PSigma_n admits a natural action by the hyperoctahedral group W_n. Church and Farb conjectured that for each k > 0, the sequence of degree k rational cohomology groups of PSigma_n is uniformly representation stable with respect to the induced action by W_n, that is, the de…

We prove that if $Γ$ is a lattice in a classical simple Lie group $G$, then the symmetric space of $G$ is $Γ$-equivariantly homotopy equivalent to a proper cocompact $Γ$-CW complex of dimension the virtual cohomological dimension of $Γ$.

The paper develops a deformation theory for Dolbeault cohomology classes.

We define quantum exterior product wedge_h and quantum exterior differential d_h on Poisson manifolds, of which symplectic manifolds are an important class of examples. Quantum de Rham cohomology is defined as the cohomology of d_h. We also define quantum Dolbeault cohomology. Quantum hard Lefschetz theorem is proved. …

Study cohomology jump loci in 3-manifolds, focusing on Alexander polynomial.

The Witten class is derived from equivariant cohomology of a conformal loop space.

We present a sigma model field theoretic realization of Hitchin's generalized complex geometry, which recently has been shown to be relevant in compactifications of superstring theory with fluxes. Hitchin sigma model is closely related to the well known Poisson sigma model, of which it has the same field content. The c…

Maps between classifying spaces for certain groups are studied, with rational cohomology results.

Proves cohomology of elliptic structures on Lie groups can be algebraic.

In this article we develop tools to compute the Geometric Quantization of a symplectic manifold with respect to a regular Lagrangian foliation via sheaf cohomology and obtain important new applications in the case of real polarizations. The starting point is the definition of representation spaces due to Kostant. Besid…