On the capability of Hom-Lie algebras (Q2117375)

A \textit{Hom-Lie algebra} \((L, \alpha_L)\) is defined as a non-associative algebra \(L\) together with a linear map \(\alpha_L \colon L\rightarrow L\) such that \([x, y] = -[y, x]\), \([\alpha_L(x), [y, z]]+ [\alpha_L(z), [x, y]] + [\alpha_L(y), [z, x]]=0\) for all \(x, y, z\in L\). The paper only consider multiplicative Hom-Lie algebras, i.e., Hom-Lie algebras \((L, \alpha_L)\) such that \(\alpha_L\) preserves the product \(\alpha_L[x, y]=[\alpha_L(x), \alpha_L(y)]\) for all \(x, y\in L\). A Hom-Lie algebra \((L,\alpha_L)\) is said to be \textit{capable} if there exists a Hom-Lie algebra \((H, \alpha_H)\) such that \(L\cong H/Z(H)\). In this paper a characterisation of capable Hom-Lie algebras involving its epicentre is given and then this theory is used to further study the six-term exact sequence in homology and to obtain a Hopf-type formulae of the second homology of perfect Hom-Lie algebras.