Homotopy liftings and Hochschild cohomology of some twisted tensor products

The Hochschild cohomology of a tensor product of algebras is isomorphic to a graded tensor product of Hochschild cohomology algebras, as a Gerstenhaber algebra. A similar result holds when the tensor product is twisted by a bicharacter. We present new proofs of these isomorphisms, using Volkov’s homotopy liftings that were introduced for handling Gerstenhaber brackets expressed on arbitrary bimodule resolutions. Our results illustrate the utility of homotopy liftings for theoretical purposes.

Log smooth deformation theory via Gerstenhaber algebras

We construct a $$k\left[ \!\left[ Q\right] \!\right] $$ k Q -linear predifferential graded Lie algebra $$L^{\bullet }_{X_0/S_0}$$ L X 0 / S 0 ∙ associated to a log smooth and saturated morphism $$f_0: X_0 \rightarrow S_0$$ f 0 : X 0 → S 0 and prove that it controls the log smooth deformation functor. This provides a geometric interpretation of a construction in Chan et al. (Geometry of the Maurer-Cartan equation near degenerate Calabi-Yau varieties, 2019. arXiv:1902.11174) whereof $$L^{\bullet }_{X_0/S_0}$$ L X 0 / S 0 ∙ is a purely algebraic version. Our proof crucially relies on studying deformations of the Gerstenhaber algebra of polyvector fields; this method is closely related to recent developments in mirror symmetry.

The Hochschild Cohomology Ring of Temperley–Lieb Algebras Revisited

We determine the Gerstenhaber algebra structure on the Hochschild cohomology ring of Temperley–Lieb algebras in this paper.

Hochschild cohomology of m-cluster tilted algebras of type 𝔸̃

In this paper, we compute the dimension of the Hochschild cohomology groups of any [Formula: see text]-cluster tilted algebra of type [Formula: see text]. Moreover, we give conditions on the bounded quiver of an [Formula: see text]-cluster tilted algebra [Formula: see text] of type [Formula: see text] such that the Gerstenhaber algebra [Formula: see text] has nontrivial multiplicative structures. We also show that the derived class of gentle [Formula: see text]-cluster tilted algebras is not always completely determined by the dimension of the Hochschild cohomology.

INVARIANCE OF THE GERSTENHABER ALGEBRA STRUCTURE ON TATE-HOCHSCHILD COHOMOLOGY

Keller proved in 1999 that the Gerstenhaber algebra structure on the Hochschild cohomology of an algebra is an invariant of the derived category. In this paper, we adapt his approach to show that the Gerstenhaber algebra structure on the Tate–Hochschild cohomology of an algebra is preserved under singular equivalences of Morita type with level, a notion introduced by the author in previous work.

Gerstenhaber Bracket on the Hochschild Cohomology via An Arbitrary Resolution

We prove formulas of different types that allow us to calculate the Gerstenhaber bracket on the Hochschild cohomology of an algebra using some arbitrary projective bimodule resolution for it. Using one of these formulas, we give a new short proof of the derived invariance of the Gerstenhaber algebra structure on Hochschild cohomology. We also give some new formulas for the Connes differential on the Hochschild homology that lead to formulas for the Batalin–Vilkovisky (BV) differential on the Hochschild cohomology in the case of symmetric algebras. Finally, we use one of the obtained formulas to provide a full description of the BV structure and, correspondingly, the Gerstenhaber algebra structure on the Hochschild cohomology of a class of symmetric algebras.