Hochschild Homology of Singular Algebras

One of the main properties of Hochschild homology of the algebra of smooth functions on a smooth manifold is its local character. In this paper, we consider subalgebras of smooth functions which are significant for singular spaces such that simplicial complexes or cones over smooth manifolds. We compute their Hochschild homology and investigate the local character. Our computations show that, in opposition with the smooth case, the (local part of the) Hochschild homology is not always isomorphic to the corresponding de Rham complex of differential forms. The method we use is a slight modification of the localization procedure introduced in by Sullivan.