Deformation Theories Controlled by Hochschild Cohomologies

Abstract

We explore how the higher order Hochschild cohomology controls a deformation theory when the simplicial set models the 3-sphere. Besides generalizing to the $d$-sphere for any $d\ge 1$, we also investigate a deformation theory corresponding to the tertiary Hochschild cohomology, which naturally reduces to those studied for the secondary and usual Hochschild cohomologies under certain conditions.

10 pages, 2 figures, comments welcome