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Lie superalgebras in characteristic 2 and mixed characteristic

Representation Theory 2025-07-24 v1 Category Theory Quantum Algebra Rings and Algebras

Abstract

We define the notion of a Lie superalgebra over a field kk of characteristic 22 which unifies the two pre-existing ones - Z/2\mathbb{Z}/2-graded Lie algebras with a squaring map and Lie algebras in the Verlinde category Ver4+(k){\rm Ver}_4^+(k), and prove the PBW theorem for this notion. We also do the same for the restricted version. Finally, discuss mixed characteristic deformation theory of such Lie superalgebras (for perfect kk), introducing and studying a natural lift of our notion of Lie superalgebra to characteristic zero - the notion of a mixed Lie superalgebra over a ramified quadratic extension RR of the ring of Witt vectors W(k)W(k).

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@article{arxiv.2507.17457,
  title  = {Lie superalgebras in characteristic 2 and mixed characteristic},
  author = {Pavel Etingof and Serina Hu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2507.17457},
  year   = {2025}
}

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21 pages, latex