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An introduction to Gerstenhaber algebras, and in particular exact Gerstenhaber algebras, also called BV-algebras, motivated by recent developments in field theory and not so recent results in differential and Poisson geometry.
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Kosmann-Schwarzbach, Y. (1995). Graded Poisson Brackets and Field Theory. In: Bertrand, J., Flato, M., Gazeau, JP., Irac-Astaud, M., Sternheimer, D. (eds) Modern Group Theoretical Methods in Physics. Mathematical Physics Studies, vol 18. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-8543-9_17
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