We use the Thom-Whitney construction to show that infinitesimal deformations
of a coherent sheaf F are controlled by the differential graded Lie algebra of
global sections of an acyclic resolution of the sheaf End(E), where E is any
locally free resolution of F. In particular, one recovers the well known fact
that the tangent space to Def_F is Ext^1(E,E), and obstructions are contained
in Ext^2(E,E).
We give a completely algebraic proof of the Bogomolov-Tian-Todorov theorem.
More precisely, we shall prove that if X is a smooth projective variety with
trivial canonical bundle defined over an algebraically closed field of
characteristic 0, then the L-infinity algebra governing infinitesimal
deformations of X is quasi-isomorphic to an abelian differential graded Lie
algebra.
We give a completely algebraic proof of the Bogomolov-Tian-Todorov theorem.
More precisely, we shall prove that if X is a smooth projective variety with
trivial canonical bundle defined over an algebraically closed field of
characteristic 0, then the L-infinity algebra governing infinitesimal
deformations of X is quasi-isomorphic to an abelian differential graded Lie
algebra.