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A universal formula for representing Lie algebra generators as formal power series with coefficients in the Weyl algebra

Representation Theory 2007-05-23 v4 Mathematical Physics math.MP Quantum Algebra Rings and Algebras

Abstract

Given a nn-dimensional Lie algebra gg over a field kQk \supset \mathbb Q, together with its vector space basis X10,...,Xn0X^0_1,..., X^0_n, we give a formula, depending only on the structure constants, representing the infinitesimal generators, Xi=Xi0tX_i = X^0_i t in gkk[[t]]g\otimes_k k [[t]], where tt is a formal variable, as a formal power series in tt with coefficients in the Weyl algebra AnA_n. Actually, the theorem is proved for Lie algebras over arbitrary rings kQk\supset Q. 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)