Deformation theory and Koszul duality for Rota-Baxter systems

Abstract: This paper investigates Rota-Baxter systems in the sense of Brzezi\'nski from the perspective of operad theory. The minimal model of the Rota-Baxter system operad is constructed, equivalently a concrete construction of its Koszul dual homotopy cooperad is given. The concept of homotopy Rota-Baxter systems and the $L_\infty$-algebra that governs deformations of a Rota-Baxter system are derived from the Koszul dual homotopy cooperad. The notion of infinity-Yang-Baxter pairs is introduced, which is a higher-order generalization of the traditional Yang-Baxter pairs. It is shown that a homotopy Rota-Baxter system structure on the endomorphism algebra of a graded space is equivalent to an associative infinity-Yang-Baxter pair on this graded algebra, thereby generalizing the classical correspondence between Yang-Baxter pairs and Rota-Baxter systems.