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The Baker-Campbell-Hausdorff formula in the free metabelian Lie algebra

Quantum Algebra 2007-05-23 v4 Algebraic Topology

Abstract

The classical Baker-Campbell-Hausdorff formula gives a recursive way to compute the Hausdorff series H=ln(e^X e^Y) for non-commuting X,Y. Formally H lives in the graded completion of the free Lie algebra L generated by X,Y. We present a closed explicit formula for H=ln(e^X e^Y) in a linear basis of the graded completion of the free metabelian Lie algebra L/[[L,L],[L,L]].

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@article{arxiv.math/0606330,
  title  = {The Baker-Campbell-Hausdorff formula in the free metabelian Lie algebra},
  author = {V. Kurlin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0606330},
  year   = {2007}
}

Comments

10 pages, the paper was completely reworked. The metabelian BCH formula is interpreted as a linear part of a deeper formula for ln(e^X e^Y)