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First and second cohomologies of grading-restricted vertex algebras

Quantum Algebra 2013-11-01 v2 High Energy Physics - Theory Representation Theory

Abstract

Let VV be a grading-restricted vertex algebra and WW a VV-module. We show that for any mZ+m\in \mathbb{Z}_{+}, the first cohomology Hm1(V,W)H^{1}_{m}(V, W) of VV with coefficients in WW introduced by the author is linearly isomorphic to the space of derivations from VV to WW. In particular, Hm1(V,W)H^{1}_{m}(V, W) for mNm\in \mathbb{N} are equal (and can be denoted using the same notation H1(V,W)H^{1}(V, W)). We also show that the second cohomology H122(V,W)H^{2}_{\frac{1}{2}}(V, W) of VV with coefficients in WW introduced by the author corresponds bijectively to the set of equivalence classes of square-zero extensions of VV by WW. In the case that W=VW=V, we show that the second cohomology H122(V,V)H^{2}_{\frac{1}{2}}(V, V) corresponds bijectively to the set of equivalence classes of first order deformations of VV.

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@article{arxiv.1008.2351,
  title  = {First and second cohomologies of grading-restricted vertex algebras},
  author = {Yi-Zhi Huang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1008.2351},
  year   = {2013}
}

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24 pages. Final version to appear in Communications in Mathematical Physics