Lagrangian Relations and Quantum L Infinity Algebras

Abstract

Quantum L infinity algebras are higher loop generalizations of cyclic L infinity algebras. Motivated by the problem of defining morphisms between such algebras, we construct a linear category of (-1)-shifted symplectic vector spaces and distributional half-densities, originally proposed by Ševera. Morphisms in this category can be given both by formal half-densities and Lagrangian relations; we prove that the composition of such morphisms recovers the construction of homotopy transfer of quantum L infinity algebras. Finally, using this category, we propose a new notion of a relation between quantum L infinity algebras.