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The Cohomology Algebra of the Semi-infinite Weil Complex

Quantum Algebra 2009-11-11 v3

Abstract

In 1993, Lian-Zuckerman constructed two cohomology operations on the BRST complex of a conformal vertex algebra with central charge 26. They gave explicit generators and relations for the cohomology algebra equipped with these operations in the case of the c=1 model. In this paper, we describe another such example, namely, the semi-infinite Weil complex of the Virasoro algebra. The semi-infinite Weil complex of a tame Z-graded Lie algebra was defined in 1991 by Feigin-Frenkel, and they computed the linear structure of its cohomology in the case of the Virasoro algebra. We build on this result by giving an explicit generator for each non-zero cohomology class, and describing all algebraic relations in the sense of Lian-Zuckerman, among these generators.

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@article{arxiv.math/0501117,
  title  = {The Cohomology Algebra of the Semi-infinite Weil Complex},
  author = {Andrew R. Linshaw},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0501117},
  year   = {2009}
}

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