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Lie algebras of zero divergence vector fields on complex affine algebraic varieties

Algebraic Geometry 2014-07-30 v1

Abstract

For a smooth manifold XX equipped with a volume form, let \dL\dL be the Lie algebra of volume preserving smooth vector fields on XX. A. Lichnerowicz proved that the abelianization of \dL\dL is a finite-dimensional vector space, and that its dimension depends only on the topology of XX. In this paper we provide analogous results for some classical examples of non-singular complex affine algebraic varieties that admit a nowhere-zero algebraic form of top degree (which plays the role of a volume form).

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@article{arxiv.1407.7824,
  title  = {Lie algebras of zero divergence vector fields on complex affine algebraic varieties},
  author = {Fabrizio Donzelli},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1407.7824},
  year   = {2014}
}
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