Universal central extensions of direct limits of Lie superalgebras (Q1945885): Difference between revisions

In the paper under review, the authors study universal central extensions of direct limit of perfect Lie superalgebras. They prove that in the category of perfect Lie superalgebras, the functor \(\mathfrak{uce},\) which corresponds to each perfect Lie superalgebra, its universal central extension, commutes with the functor \(\underrightarrow{lim}\) (direct limit). The authors use their result to describe the universal central extensions of some infinite rank perfect Lie superalgebras. As a by-product, they obtain the universal central extension of some root graded Lie algebras. More precisely, if \(\mathfrak{L}\) is a centerless Lie algebra which is graded by an infinite reduced irreducible locally finite root system \(R\), they regard \(R\) as a direct union of irreducible reduced finite subsystems \(R_i\)'s of the same type as \(R,\) where \(i\) runs through an infinite index set \(I,\) and regard \(\mathfrak{L}\) as a direct union of Lie algebras \(\mathfrak{L}_i\) graded by \(R_i\) (\(i\in I\)). Now if for each \(i,j\in I\) with \(R_i\subset R_j,\) the center of \(\mathfrak{L}_i\) is a subset of the center of \(\mathfrak{L}_j,\) they get \[ \mathfrak{uce}(\mathfrak{L})\simeq\mathfrak{uce}(\underrightarrow{\lim}_{i\in I}\mathfrak{L}_i)\simeq\underrightarrow{\lim}_{i\in I}\mathfrak{uce}(\mathfrak{L}_i). \] This together with the known result on the universal central extensions of Lie algebras graded by finite root systems [\textit{B. Allison} et al., Math. Ann. 316, No. 3, 499--527 (2000; Zbl 0989.17004)] helps the authors to describe the underlying vector space of \(\mathfrak{uce}(\mathfrak{L}).\)