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Cohomology operations and the deligne conjecture

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The aim of this note, which raises more questions than it answers, is to study natural operations acting on the cohomology of various types of algebras. It contains a lot of very surprising partial results and examples.

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Markl, M. Cohomology operations and the deligne conjecture. Czech Math J 57, 473–503 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10587-007-0074-4

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