The Hochschild Cohomology Ring modulo Nilpotence of a Monomial Algebra

Hochschild Cohomology and Support Varieties for Tame Hecke Algebras

We give a basis for the Hochschild cohomology ring of tame Hecke algebras. We then show that the Hochschild cohomology ring modulo nilpotence is a finitely generated algebra of Krull dimension 2, and describe the support varieties of modules for these algebras.

Finite Groups Acting Linearly: Hochschild Cohomology and the Cup Product

When a finite group acts linearly on a complex vector space, the natural semi-direct product of the group and the polynomial ring over the space forms a skew group algebra. This algebra plays the role of the coordinate ring of the resulting orbifold and serves as a substitute for the ring of invariant polynomials from the viewpoint of geometry and physics. Its Hochschild cohomology predicts var...

Hochschild and Ordinary Cohomology Rings of Small Categories

Let C be a small category and k a field. There are two interesting mathematical subjects: the category algebra kC and the classifying space |C| = BC. We study the ring homomorphism HH∗(kC) → H∗(|C|, k) and prove it is split surjective, using the factorization category of Quillen [16] and certain techniques from functor cohomology theory. This generalizes the well-known results for finite groups...

The Lie Module Structure on the Hochschild Cohomology Groups of Monomial Algebras with Radical Square Zero

We study the Lie module structure given by the Gerstenhaber bracket on the Hochschild cohomology groups of a monomial algebra with radical square zero. The description of such Lie module structure will be given in terms of the combinatorics of the quiver. The Lie module structure will be related to the classification of finite dimensional modules over simple Lie algebras when the quiver is give...

Second Hochschild Cohomology of Convolution Algebras