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Derived self-intersection of the zero section

Example

Let k be a characteristic-zero field and assume AC for the cotangent constructions inherited from Derived schemes and the cotangent complex of a morphism. Let F=T∗Ak1=Spec⁡k[x,p] with symplectic form ω=ddRx∧ddRp, and let i:X=Ak1→F be the zero section p=0. Using i for both maps, the derived self-intersection Z=X×FhX is represented by the commutative dg algebra k[x,η],∣x∣=0,∣η∣=−1,η2=0,dη=0. It carries the canonical closed (−1)-shifted symplectic form whose underlying pairing is represented in these coordinates by ddRx∧ddRη.

Facts & Assumptions

Given: AC, the field k, the cotangent plane F, its standard symplectic form, and the zero section i.

[F1]

Derived schemes and the cotangent complex of a morphism supplies the derived-scheme and cotangent conventions. In the opposite derived-affine site of Derived Artin stack and cotangent complex, an affine homotopy pullback is the opposite of an algebra homotopy pushout. HAG II Remark 1.1.0.9 identifies this pushout with a derived tensor product, computed by a cofibrant algebra resolution; §2.3.5.1 supplies the characteristic-zero normalization comparison for the nonpositive cdga calculation below. The local derived-scheme Definition alone does not state the tensor-product formula.

[F2]

Closed n-shifted symplectic form: a closed degree-m 2-form is m-shifted symplectic when its adjoint T→L[m] is a quasi-isomorphism.

[F3]

Derived Artin stack and cotangent complex: derived affine schemes are derived Artin stacks and their cotangent complexes represent derived derivations.

[F4]

Derived intersection of Lagrangians is shifted symplectic: for two Lagrangian maps to an n-shifted symplectic derived Artin stack, the derived homotopy fiber product has the canonical closed (n−1)-shifted residue form. Its proof is conditional on its recorded local prerequisites; this example checks the exact instance used here.

[A1]

Both maps in the self-intersection are the zero section, with the constant isotropic path from zero to i∗ω=0.

[A2]

AC is the foundational premise in the cotangent-comparison construction inherited from Derived schemes and the cotangent complex of a morphism.

Verification

1.1F2F3A1A2givenalgebra

The cotangent plane has free cotangent complex generated by dx and dp in degree zero. Its form dx∧dp has invertible pairing matrix (01−10), so it is a closed 0-shifted symplectic form. The zero section pulls it back to zero. The relative cotangent complex is the cofiber of i∗LF→LX, the map k[x]dx⊕k[x]dp→k[x]dx sending dx↦dx and dp↦0; hence LX/F≃k[x]dp[1]. The isotropic structure induces TX→LX/F[−1], sending ∂x to dp up to the sign fixed by ω. It is an isomorphism of free rank-one k[x]-modules, so each zero-section map is Lagrangian.

2.1F1A2step 1.1givenalgebra

To compute the derived self-intersection, resolve the second copy of k[x]=k[x,p]/(p) over k[x,p] by the Koszul dg algebra K=k[x,p,η] with ∣η∣=−1, η2=0, and dη=p. The two-term complex k[x,p]η→pk[x,p] is exact away from its cokernel k[x,p]/(p) because multiplication by p is injective. Thus K is a cofibrant resolution. Tensoring it with the first k[x] over k[x,p] sets p=0, so K⊗k[x,p]k[x]=k[x,η] with zero differential. This proves the stated model of Z.

3.1F2F4A2step 2.1

In the tangent fiber triangle for Z→X×X→F, the degree-zero kernel is generated by the diagonal vector (∂x,∂x), while the degree-one cokernel class comes from the normal vector ∂p and is identified with ∂η by the Koszul model in step 2.1. In the cotangent comparison of [F4], each zero-section Lagrangian map sends ∂x to its relative conormal class dp, and the ambient symplectic adjoint sends ∂p to −dx. The comparison therefore pairs ∂x with ddRη[−1] and ∂η with ddRx[−1], up to the Koszul sign convention; its underlying 2-form is ddRx∧ddRη. The construction in [F4] makes this a point of the closed-form space, not merely an ordinary pairing.

4.1F2F3A2step 3.1

In the displayed cdga, LZ is free on dx in degree 0 and ddRη in degree −1. Its tangent complex is dual, with ∂x in degree 0 and ∂η in degree 1. The residue pairing maps ∂x to ddRη[−1] and ∂η to dx[−1], up to the standard Koszul sign. These are degree-preserving isomorphisms between the two free rank-one summands of TZ and LZ[−1]. Hence the adjoint TZ→LZ[−1] is a quasi-isomorphism, proving nondegeneracy.

5.1F2F4A2step 3.1step 4.1∎

Step 3.1 gives the closed residue form, and step 4.1 proves its nondegeneracy. Therefore Z has the claimed canonical (−1)-shifted symplectic structure. The calculation is a mathematical derived intersection; it asserts no corresponding physical phase space or path-integral construction.

Remarks

The classical intersection is the entire zero section, and the degree-−1 generator is retained by the derived fiber product. Replacing the homotopy fiber product by the ordinary intersection would discard precisely the conormal direction paired by the shifted form.

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