Let k be the field $\Bbb C$ or $\Bbb R$, let M be the space kn and let A be the algebra of polynomials over M. We know from Hochschild and co-workers that the Hochschild homology H·(A,A) is isomorphic to the de Rham differential forms over M: this means that the complexes (C·(A,A),b) and (Ω·(M), 0) are quasi-isomorphic. In this work, I produce a general explicit homotopy formula between those two complexes. This formula can be generalized when M is an open set in a complex manifold and A is the space of holomorphic functions over M. Then, by taking the dual maps, I find a new homotopy formula for the Hochschild cohomology of the algebra of smooth fonctions over M (when M is either a complex or a real manifold) different from the one given by De Wilde and Lecompte. I will finally show how this formula can be used to construct an homotopy for the cyclic homology.

In this paper, we prove two versions of an arithmetic analogue of Bezout's theorem, subject to some technical restrictions. The basic formula proven is deg(V)h(X∩Y)=h(X)deg(Y)+h(Y)deg(X)+O(1), where X and Y are algebraic cycles varying in properly intersecting families on a regular subvariety VS⊂PSN. The theorem is inspired by the arithmetic Bezout inequality of Bost, Gillet, and Soulé, but improve upon it in two ways. First, we obtain an equality up to O(1) as the intersecting cycles vary in projective families. Second, we generalise this result to intersections of divisors on any regular projective arithmetic variety.

We prove the genus zero part of the generalized Witten conjecture, relating moduli spaces of higher spin curves to Gelfand–Dickey hierarchies. That is, we show that intersection numbers on the moduli space of stable r-spin curves assemble into a generating function which yields a solution of the semiclassical limit of the KdVr equations. We formulate axioms for a cohomology class on this moduli space which allow one to construct a cohomological field theory of rank r−1 in all genera. In genus zero it produces a Frobenius manifold which is isomorphic to the Frobenius manifold structure on the base of the versal deformation of the singularity Ar−1. We prove analogs of the puncture, dilaton, and topological recursion relations by drawing an analogy with the construction of Gromov–Witten invariants and quantum cohomology.

Let L/K be a finite Galois extension of number fields of group G. In [4] the second named author used complexes arising from étale cohomology of the constant sheaf $\mathbb Z$ to define a canonical element TΩ(L/K) of the relative algebraic K-group K0($\mathbb Z$[G],$\mathbb R$). It was shown that the Stark and Strong Stark Conjectures for L/K can be reinterpreted in terms of TΩ(L/K), and that the Equivariant Tamagawa Number Conjecture for the $\mathbb Q$[G]-equivariant motive h0(Spec L) is equivalent to the vanishing of TΩ(L/K). In this paper we give a natural description of TΩ(L/K) in terms of finite G-modules and also, when G is Abelian, in terms of (first) Fitting ideals. By combining this description with techniques of Iwasawa theory we prove that TΩ(L/$\mathbb Q$) vanishes for an interesting class of Abelian extensions L/$\mathbb Q$.