BV double conjectures for Rabinowitz loop homology and symplectic homology

Let QQ be a manifold, let WW be a Liouville domain of dimension 2n2n, and let H^Λ\widehat{\mathbb{H}}_*\Lambda, HΛ\overline{\mathbb{H}}_*\Lambda, SH(W)S\mathbb{H}_*({\partial}W), and SH(W)\overline{S\mathbb{H}}_*(W) denote the Rabinowitz and reduced loop or symplectic homology objects appearing in the corresponding double constructions. Let λ\lambda and η\eta be the coproduct and unit maps in an odd BV unital infinitesimal algebra. BV double conjectures. (i) If H1Q=0H_1Q=0 and dimQ4\dim Q\geq 4, the BV operator on H^Λ\widehat{\mathbb{H}}_*\Lambda is isomorphic to the BV operator on the double of HΛ\overline{\mathbb{H}}_*\Lambda, so that the odd BV Frobenius algebra structures are isomorphic. (ii) If Hn1W=0H^{n-1}W=0 and 2n82n\geq 8, the BV operator on SH(W)S\mathbb{H}_*({\partial}W) is isomorphic to the BV operator on the double of SH(W)\overline{S\mathbb{H}}_*(W), so that the odd BV Frobenius algebra structures are isomorphic. (iii) The double construction for odd BV unital infinitesimal algebras generalizes to all such algebras; equivalently, the assumption λη=0\lambda\eta=0 in the cited proposition is redundant. (iv) With respect to this generalized double construction, the assumptions H1Q=0H_1Q=0 and Hn1W=0H^{n-1}W=0 can be dropped from the two preceding double theorems, and their isomorphisms can be upgraded to isomorphisms of odd BV Frobenius algebras. These conjectures seek a BV enhancement of the double descriptions already known for the underlying odd Frobenius structures. The paper states that parts (i), (ii), and (iv) would follow from a BV enhancement of the cone formalism, while part (iii) should be informed by explicit formulas that do not require the vanishing assumptions; no resolution of the conjecture is supplied here.

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Janko Latschev and Alexandru Oancea, “BV bialgebra structures in Floer theory and string topology”, arXiv:2402.16794 (2025).

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