Quantization on Curves

TL;DR

This paper explores abelian deformation quantization of plane curves, linking singularities to Hochschild cohomology and classifying essential deformations through algebraic invariants.

Contribution

It introduces a study of abelian quantization on plane curves, analyzing the relationship between singularities and Hochschild cohomology, and computes relevant algebraic invariants.

Findings

Hochschild homology is invariant across all plane curves.

Cohomology depends on local singularity algebra at the origin.

Provides a framework connecting singularities with deformation quantization.

Abstract

Deformation quantization on varieties with singularities offers perspectives that are not found on manifolds. Essential deformations are classified by the Harrison component of Hochschild cohomology, that vanishes on smooth manifolds and reflects information about singularities. The Harrison 2-cochains are symmetric and are interpreted in terms of abelian $*$-products. This paper begins a study of abelian quantization on plane curves over $\Crm$, being algebraic varieties of the form R2/I where I is a polynomial in two variables; that is, abelian deformations of the coordinate algebra C[x,y]/(I). To understand the connection between the singularities of a variety and cohomology we determine the algebraic Hochschild (co-)homology and its Barr-Gerstenhaber-Schack decomposition. Homology is the same for all plane curves C[x,y]/(I), but the cohomology depends on the local algebra of the singularity of I at the origin.