Cohomology and deformations of compatible Lie triple systems (Q6125384)

Lie triple systems were initially studied in E. Cartan's work on Riemannian geometry, which were later investigated by N. Jacobson. X. Wang, Y. Ma, and L. Chen introduce the notions of a compatible Lie triple system and its representation. They construct a bidifferential graded Lie algebra whose Maurer-Cartan elements are compatible Lie triple systems. The authors also obtain the bidifferential graded Lie algebra which controls deformations of a compatible Lie triple system, and then they investigate the cohomology theory of compatible Lie triple systems and consider the connection between the cohomology group of compatible Lie triple systems and the cohomology group of Lie triple systems. One-parameter formal deformation theory of compatible Lie triple systems is developed, and Wang, Ma, and Chen prove that it is governed by the cohomology groups.