An elementary proof of the string topology structure of compact oriented surfaces

Abstract

We give a new proof of the string topology structure of a compact oriented surface of genus g greater than or equal to 2, using elementary algebraic topology. This reproves the result of Vaintrob.

References in corpus (1)

• The string topology BV algebra, Hochschild cohomology and the Goldman bracket on surfaces

Cited by in corpus (1)

• String Homology and Lie Algebra Structures (Ph.D. Thesis)