Arc Operads and Arc Algebras

Abstract

Several topological and homological operads based on families of projectively weighted arcs in bounded surfaces are introduced and studied. The spaces underlying the basic operad are identified with open subsets of a compactification due to Penner of a space closely related to Riemann's moduli space. Algebras over these operads are shown to be Batalin-Vilkovisky algebras, where the entire BV structure is realized simplicially. Furthermore, our basic operad contains the cacti operad up to homotopy, and it similarly acts on the loop space of any topological space. New operad structures on the circle are classified and combined with the basic operad to produce geometrically natural extensions of the algebraic structure of BV algebras, which are also computed.

Published by Geometry and Topology at http://www.maths.warwick.ac.uk/gt/GTVol7/paper15.abs.html

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