Differential graded algebras with divided powers and homotopy Lie algebras
Antoine Caradot, Zongzhu Lin
TL;DR
The paper develops a framework for differential graded algebras with divided powers (pd dg algebras) over pd dg rings, enabling pd dg resolutions of R/𝔪 without Noetherian hypotheses via symmetric-tensor constructions.It builds Koszul-Tate resolutions in this context, establishing PD algebra and Hopf-algebra structures, and proves a left adjoint/freeness property for the Tate-like functor, including lifting and extension results essential for homological constructions.The authors connect these pd dg resolutions to homotopy Lie algebras and the Yoneda algebra, providing explicit presentations in the complete-intersection case and showing how to reconstruct CI rings from restricted Lie data, with criteria for finite generation and structural consequences.Overall, the work links divided-power dg-algebra techniques to complete intersection theory and the structure of Ext algebras, offering tools to study non-Noetherian settings and to recover CI data from homotopy Lie information.
Abstract
Given a commutative ring $R$ and a quotient module $R/\mathfrak{m}$, we study the structure of differential graded algebra with divided powers that the resolution of $R/\mathfrak{m}$ can possess. We provide a construction of such a resolution by making use of symmetric tensors, which does not require a Noetherian assumption on $R$. We then apply those results to study the homotopy Lie algebra associated to a the pair $(R,R/\mathfrak{m})$, and then investigate in more details the complete intersection case.
