Differential graded algebra

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In mathematics, in particular in homological algebra, algebraic topology, and algebraic geometry, a differential graded algebra (or DG-algebra, or DGA) is a graded associative algebra with an added chain complex structure that respects the algebra structure. In particular, DGAs have applications in rational homotopy theory.