%0 Journal Article
%T Deformation Theory and the Batalin-Vilkovisky Master Equation
%A Jim Stasheff
%J Mathematics
%D 1997
%I arXiv
%X The Batalin-Vilkovisky master equations, both classical and quantum, are precisely the integrability equations for deformations of algebras and differential algebras respectively. This is not a coincidence; the Batalin-Vilkovisky approach is here translated into the language of deformation theory.
%U http://arxiv.org/abs/q-alg/9702012v1