The non-commutative Weil algebra (Q1960757)

Let \(G\) be a connected compact Lie group with the Lie algebra \({\mathcal G}\). The authors extend the Duflo map and Duflo's theorem to the equivariant cohomology of \(G\)-manifolds, involving a noncommutative version of the de Rham model of equivariant cohomology. Let \(W_G=S{\mathcal G}^* \otimes \bigwedge {\mathcal G}^*\) be the Weil algebra of \({\mathcal G}\) and assume that \({\mathcal G}\) is endowed with a positive definite invariant inner product, such that \({\mathcal G}^* ={\mathcal G}\). The noncommutative Weil algebra of \({\mathcal G}\) is \({\mathcal W}_G=U ({\mathcal G}) \times\text{Cl}({\mathcal G})\), where \(U({\mathcal G})\) is the universal envelopping algebra and \(\text{Cl} ({\mathcal G})\) is the Clifford algebra of \({\mathcal G}\). If \((e_a)\) is a basis in \({\mathcal G}\), one denotes by \(i_a, L_a,d\) the usual derivations defined on \(W_G\) and on \({\mathcal W}_G\). The authors construct a vector space isomorphism \(Q:W_g\to {\mathcal W}_G\) (called the quantization map) which intertwines the derivations \(i_a,L_a,d\). The corresponding multiplication maps are \(G\)-chain homotopic in the equivariant cohomologies \(H_G(B)\), \({\mathcal H}_G(B)\), for any \(G\)-differential algebra \(B\). The map \(H_g(B)\to {\mathcal H}_G(B)\), induced by \(Q\) at the cohomology level is a ring homomorphism. In the case of the trivial \(G\)-differential algebra \(B=\mathbb{R}\), the isomorphism reduces to the Duflo isomorphism between the ring of invariant polynomials and the ring of Casimir elements.