On Cohomology of Graph Complexes

Abstract

This is a copy of my bachelor thesis, written under supervision of Sergey Shadrin in 2010. Original abstract: In this thesis we prove that the wheeled Poisson operad is not a wheeled Koszul operad. Chapter 1 introduces operads, the subclass of quadratic operads, and their Koszulness. In chapter 2, all these notions are extended to the case of wheeled operads, and we pose the main question. In chapter 3, some techniques for computing cohomology are introduced, and the first cycle that obstructs the Koszulness of the wheeled Poisson operad is found.