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We propose an algebraic viewpoint of the problem of deformation quantization of the so-called almost Poisson algebras, which are algebras with a commutative associative product and an antisymmetric bracket which is a biderivation but does not necessarily satisfy the Jacobi identity. From that viewpoint, the main result of the paper asserts that, by contrast with Poisson algebras, the only reasonable category of algebras in which almost Poisson algebras can be quantized is isomorphic to the category of almost Poisson algebras itself, and the trivial two-term quantization formula already gives a solution to the quantization problem. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

We resolve a 10-year-old open question of Loday of describing Koszul operads that act on the algebra of octonions. In fact, we obtain the answer by solving a more general classification problem: we find all Koszul operads among those encoding associator dependent algebras. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In the classical Batalin–Vilkovisky formalism, the BV operator Δ is a differential operator of order two with respect to the commutative product. In the differential graded setting, it is known that if the BV operator is homotopically trivial, then there is a tree level cohomological field theory induced on the homology; this is a manifestation of the fact that the homotopy quotient of the operad of BV algebras by Δ is represented by the operad of hypercommutative algebras. In this paper, we study generalized Batalin–Vilkovisky algebras where the operator Δ is of the given finite order. In that case, we unravel a new interesting algebraic structure on the homology whenever Δ is homotopically trivial. We also suggest that the sequence of algebraic structures arising in the higher order formalism is a part of a "trinity" of remarkable mathematical objects, fitting the philosophy proposed by Arnold in the 1990s. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this paper, we study Novikov algebras satisfying nontrivial identities. We show that a Novikov algebra over a field of zero characteristic that satisfies a nontrivial identity satisfies some unexpected “universal” identities, in particular, right associator nilpotence, and right nilpotence of the commutator ideal. This, in particular, implies that a Novikov algebra over a field of zero characteristic satisfies a nontrivial identity if and only if it is Lie-solvable. We also establish that any system of identities of Novikov algebras over a field of zero characteristic follows from finitely many of them, and that the same holds over any field for multilinear Novikov identities. Some analogous simpler statements are also proved for commutative differential algebras. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

We show that a finite dimensional monomial algebra satisfies the finite generation conditions of Snashall–Solberg for Hochschild cohomology if and only if it is Gorenstein. This gives, in the case of monomial algebras, the converse to a theorem of Erdmann–Holloway–Snashall–Solberg–Taillefer. We also give a necessary and sufficient combinatorial criterion for finite generation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

We propose a new method for computing motivic Donaldson–Thomas invariants of a symmetric quiver which relies on Koszul duality between supercommutative algebras and Lie superalgebras and completely bypasses cohomological Hall algebras. Specifically, we define, for a given symmetric quiver Q, a supercommutative quadratic algebra A Q , and study the Lie superalgebra g Q that corresponds to A Q under Koszul duality. We introduce an action of the first Weyl algebra on g Q and prove that the motivic Donaldson–Thomas invariants of Q may be computed via the Poincaré series of the kernel of the operator ∂ t . This gives a new proof of positivity for motivic Donaldson–Thomas invariants. Along the way, we prove that the algebra A Q is numerically Koszul for every symmetric quiver Q and conjecture that it is in fact Koszul; we show that this conjecture holds for a certain class of quivers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

We show that the integer cohomology rings of the moduli spaces of stable rational marked curves are Koszul. This answers an open question of Manin. Using the machinery of Koszul spaces developed by Berglund, we compute the rational homotopy Lie algebras of those spaces, and obtain some estimates for Betti numbers of their free loop spaces in case of torsion coefficients. We also prove and conjecture some generalisations of our main result. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

We use Giraudo's construction of combinatorial operads from monoids to offer a conceptual explanation of the origins of Hoffbeck's path sequences of shuffle trees, and use it to define new monomial orders of shuffle trees. One such order is utilised to exhibit a quadratic Gröbner basis of the Poisson operad. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

We relate the operad FMan controlling the algebraic structure on the tangent sheaf of an F-manifold (weak Frobenius manifold) defined by Hertling and Manin to the operad PreLie of pre-Lie algebras: for the filtration of PreLie by powers of the ideal generated by the Lie bracket, the associated graded object is FMan. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

For a Koszul operad $\mathcal {P}$ , there are several existing approaches to the notion of a homotopy between homotopy morphisms of homotopy $\mathcal {P}$ -algebras. Some of those approaches are known to give rise to the same notions. We exhibit the missing links between those notions, thus putting them all into the same framework. The main nontrivial ingredient in establishing this relationship is the homotopy transfer theorem for homotopy cooperads due to Drummond-Cole and Vallette. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]