The additivity conjecture for filtered operads

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Let EkE_k denote the little kk-disks operad and BDkBD_k the corresponding operad in complete filtered chain complexes. Let ⊗BVL\otimes^{\mathbf{L}}_{BV} denote the derived Boardman--Vogt tensor product. For k≥1k\geq 1, the additivity isomorphism

Ek+1≃E1⊗BVLEkE_{k+1}\simeq E_1\otimes^{\mathbf{L}}_{BV}E_k

induces a map of operads

BDk+1≃E1⊗BVLBDk.BD_{k+1}\simeq E_1\otimes^{\mathbf{L}}_{BV}BD_k.

Additivity conjecture. For every k≥1k\geq 1, the additivity isomorphism Ek+1≃E1⊗BVLEkE_{k+1}\simeq E_1\otimes^{\mathbf{L}}_{BV}E_k induces the stated map BDk+1≃E1⊗BVLBDkBD_{k+1}\simeq E_1\otimes^{\mathbf{L}}_{BV}BD_k of operads in complete filtered chain complexes. Equivalently, an A∞A_{\infty}-algebra in BDkBD_k-algebras is naturally a BDk+1BD_{k+1}-algebra. This conjecture would provide the BDk+1BD_{k+1}-algebra structure needed for the quantised shifted relative polyvector construction; the source gives no evidence that it has been resolved.

References

Primary source

J. P. Pridham, “Quantisation of derived Lagrangians”, arXiv:1607.01000 (2021).

Progress summary

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No publicly recorded proof or counterexample has appeared, so the conjecture remains open.

The conjecture asks whether the additivity equivalence for little-disks operads survives passage to complete filtered chain complexes, equivalently making an A∞A_{\infty}-algebra in BDkBD_k-algebras into a BDk+1BD_{k+1}-algebra. The catalogued July 2016 source records no resolution, and no later public progress was found.

Current status (as of September 2026): the conjecture remains open; no proof, counterexample, or claimed resolution was found in the retrieved sources.

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