Poisson structures on the Lorentz group (Q1334976): Difference between revisions

The article has two parts. (1) A Lie group \(G\) equipped with a Poisson structure induced by some bivector field \(\pi\) gives rise to a linearized map \(\pi_0= d\pi (e)\) (\(e\)= neutral element) taking \({\mathfrak g}\), the Lie algebra of \(G\), into \({\mathfrak g} \wedge {\mathfrak g}\). \(\pi_0\) which satisfies a cocycle condition is said to be a coboundary (written \(\partial r\)) if \(\pi_0 (X)= \text{ad}_X r\) for some \(r\in {\mathfrak g} \wedge {\mathfrak g}\). Still, the Schouten bracket \([r,r]\) ought to be ad- invariant as a consequence of \([\pi_0, \pi_0]=0\). Among physicists this requirement is known as the generalized Yang-Baxter equation. Necessary and sufficient conditions on \(r\) are given so that the YB equation holds. (2) The results are applied to the Lorentz group (or rather to the Lie algebra \({\mathfrak {sl}} (2, \mathbb{C})\)) and various cases are distinguished by writing the solution \(r\) in normal form. It should be noted that ``quantum deformations'' previously formulated in terms of Hopf *- algebras have led to a similar structure.