(Co)homology of compatible associative algebras

Abstract

In this paper, we define and study (co)homology theories of a compatible associative algebra $A$. At first, we construct a new graded Lie algebra whose Maurer-Cartan elements are given by compatible associative structures. Then we define the cohomology of a compatible associative algebra $A$ and as applications, we study extensions, deformations and extensibility of finite order deformations of $A$. We end this paper by considering compatible presimplicial vector spaces and the homology of compatible associative algebras.

28 pages; comments are welcome