A universal formula for representing Lie algebra generators as formal power series with coefficients in the Weyl algebra
Abstract
Given a -dimensional Lie algebra over a field , together with its vector space basis , we give a formula, depending only on the structure constants, representing the infinitesimal generators, in , where is a formal variable, as a formal power series in with coefficients in the Weyl algebra . Actually, the theorem is proved for Lie algebras over arbitrary rings . We provide three different proofs, each of which is expected to be useful for generalizations. The first proof is obtained by direct calculations with tensors. This involves a number of interesting combinatorial formulas in structure constants. The final step in calculation is a new formula involving Bernoulli numbers and arbitrary derivatives of coth(x/2). The dimensions of certain spaces of tensors are also calculated. The second method of proof is geometric and reduces to a calculation of formal right-invariant vector fields in specific coordinates, in a (new) variant of formal group scheme theory. The third proof uses coderivations and Hopf algebras.
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@article{arxiv.math/0604096,
title = {A universal formula for representing Lie algebra generators as formal power series with coefficients in the Weyl algebra},
author = {Nikolai Durov and Stjepan Meljanac and Andjelo Samsarov and Zoran Škoda},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0604096},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
v2: expositional improvements (significant in sections 5,6); v3: minor expositional improvements (including in notation, and in introduction); v4: final version, to appear in Journal of Algebra (4 minor differences from v3 due wrong uploaded file in v3)