On quantum de Rham cohomology theory
Authors:
Huai-Dong Cao and Jian Zhou
Journal:
Electron. Res. Announc. Amer. Math. Soc. 5 (1999), 24-34
MSC (1991):
Primary 53C15, 58A12, 81R05
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1090/S1079-6762-99-00056-6
Published electronically:
April 1, 1999
MathSciNet review:
1679455
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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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Huai-Dong Cao
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843
MR Author ID:
224609
ORCID:
0000-0002-4956-4849
Email:
cao@math.tamu.edu
Jian Zhou
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843
Email:
zhou@math.tamu.edu
Received by editor(s):
May 7, 1998
Published electronically:
April 1, 1999
Additional Notes:
Authors’ research was supported in part by NSF grants DMS-96-32028 and DMS-95-04925
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Richard Schoen
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