PIRSA:16040084

Formal loop spaces

Hennion, B. (2016). Formal loop spaces. Perimeter Institute. https://pirsa.org/16040084

Hennion, Benjamin. Formal loop spaces. Perimeter Institute, Apr. 21, 2016, https://pirsa.org/16040084 

          @misc{ pirsa_PIRSA:16040084,
            doi = {10.48660/16040084},
            url = {https://pirsa.org/16040084},
            author = {Hennion, Benjamin},
            keywords = {Mathematical physics},
            language = {en},
            title = {Formal loop spaces},
            publisher = {Perimeter Institute},
            year = {2016},
            month = {apr},
            note = {PIRSA:16040084 see, \url{https://pirsa.org}}
          }

Benjamin Hennion Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics - Albert Einstein Institute (AEI)

DOI 10.48660/16040084
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Abstract

Formal loop spaces are algebraic analogs to smooth loops. They were introduced and studied extensively in the 2000' by Kapranov and Vasserot for their link to chiral algebras. In this talk, we will introduced higher dimensional analogs of K. and V. formal loop spaces. We will show how derived methods allow such a definition. We will then study their tangent complexes: even though formal loop spaces are "of infinite dimension", their tangent has enough structure so that we can speak of symplectic forms on them.