String Topology and Cyclic Homology

Download or read book String Topology and Cyclic Homology written by Ralph L. Cohen and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2006-03-21 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores string topology, Hochschild and cyclic homology, assembling material from a wide scattering of scholarly sources in a single practical volume. The first part offers a thorough and elegant exposition of various approaches to string topology and the Chas-Sullivan loop product. The second gives a complete and clear construction of an algebraic model for computing topological cyclic homology.