What is the higher dimensional infinitesimal groupoid of a manifold?.

Authors: Dennis Borisov
Subjects: Quantum Algebra
link: http://arxiv.org/abs/0910.5525
Abstract

The construction (by Kapranov) of the space of infinitesimal paths on a
manifold is extended to include higher dimensional infinitesimal objects,
encoding contractions of infinitesimal loops. This full infinitesimal groupoid
is shown to have the algebra of polyvector fields as its non-linear cohomology.