Pre-Calabi-Yau structures and moduli of representations

Abstract

We establish a system of formal noncommutative calculus for differential forms and polyvector fields, which forms the foundations for the study of pre-Calabi-Yau categories. Using an explicit trace map, we show that any $n$-Calabi-Yau structure on a non-positively graded dg algebra $A$ induces a $(2-n)$-shifted symplectic structure on its derived moduli stack of representations; while any $n$-pre-Calabi-Yau structure on $A$ induces a $(2-n)$-shifted Poisson structure on this derived moduli stack.