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Examples of Homotopy Lie Algebras

Quantum Algebra 2009-09-17 v2 Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

We look at two examples of homotopy Lie algebras (also known as L_{\infty} algebras) in detail from two points of view. We will exhibit the algebraic point of view in which the generalized Jacobi expressions are verified by using degree arguments and combinatorics. A second approach using the nilpotency of Grassmann-odd differential operators \Delta to verify the homotopy Lie data is shown to produce the same results.

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@article{arxiv.0903.5433,
  title  = {Examples of Homotopy Lie Algebras},
  author = {Klaus Bering and Tom Lada},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0903.5433},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

12 pages, LaTeX. v2: Minor corrections. To appear in the proceedings of the 29th Srni winter school "Geometry and Physics", published in the journal Archivum Mathematicum (Brno), see http://emis.muni.cz/journals/AM/

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