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On quantum de Rham cohomology theory

Author(s): Huai-Dong Cao; Jian Zhou
Journal: Electron. Res. Announc. Amer. Math. Soc. 5 (1999), 24-34.
MSC (1991): Primary 53C15, 58A12, 81R05
Posted: April 1, 1999
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Abstract: We define the quantum exterior product $\wedge _h$ and quantum exterior differential $d_h$ on Poisson manifolds. The quantum de Rham cohomology, which is a deformation quantization of the de Rham cohomology, is defined as the cohomology of $d_h$. We also define the quantum Dolbeault cohomology. A version of quantum integral on symplectic manifolds is considered and the corresponding quantum Stokes theorem is stated. We also derive the quantum hard Lefschetz theorem. By replacing $d$ by $d_h$ and $\wedge$ by $\wedge _h$ in the usual definitions, we define many quantum analogues of important objects in differential geometry, e.g. quantum curvature. The quantum characteristic classes are then studied along the lines of the classical Chern-Weil theory. The quantum equivariant de Rham cohomology is defined in the similar fashion.


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Additional Information:

Huai-Dong Cao
Affiliation: Department of Mathematics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843
Email: cao@math.tamu.edu

Jian Zhou
Affiliation: Department of Mathematics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843
Email: zhou@math.tamu.edu

DOI: 10.1090/S1079-6762-99-00056-6
PII: S 1079-6762(99)00056-6
Received by editor(s): May 07, 1998
Posted: April 1, 1999
Additional Notes: Authors' research was supported in part by NSF grants DMS-96-32028 and DMS-95-04925
Communicated by: Richard Schoen
Copyright of article: Copyright 1999, American Mathematical Society


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