Chas–Sullivan's free loop space–Hochschild cohomology conjecture

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Let MM be a simply connected compact oriented smooth manifold, let LM=map⁡(S1,M)LM=\operatorname{map}(S^1,M) be its free loop space, and write H∗(LM)=H∗+d(LM)\mathbb{H}_*(LM)=H_{*+d}(LM) for shifted free loop homology, where d=dim⁡Md=\dim M. Let S∗(M)S^*(M) denote the algebra of singular cochains on MM, and let HH∗(S∗(M);S∗(M))HH^*(S^*(M);S^*(M)) denote its Hochschild cohomology. Free loop space–Hochschild cohomology conjecture. There is an isomorphism of Gerstenhaber algebras

H∗(LM)≅HH∗(S∗(M);S∗(M)).\mathbb{H}_*(LM)\cong HH^*(S^*(M);S^*(M)).

This conjecture is the proposed dictionary between string topology and Hochschild cohomology. The source states that it had not yet been proved at the time of writing; the precise general status is not supplied here.

References

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Luc Menichi and Gerald Gaudens, “String topology for spheres”, arXiv:math/0609304 (2007).

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