%0 Journal Article %T Kontsevich's Universal Formula for Deformation Quantization and the Campbell-Baker-Hausdorff Formula, I %A Vinay Kathotia %J Physics %D 1998 %I arXiv %X We relate a universal formula for the deformation quantization of arbitrary Poisson structures proposed by Maxim Kontsevich to the Campbell-Baker-Hausdorff formula. Our basic thesis is that exponentiating a suitable deformation of the Poisson structure provides a prototype for such universal formulae. %U http://arxiv.org/abs/math/9811174v2