Twilled 3-Lie algebras, generalized matched pairs of 3-Lie algebras and \(\mathcal{O}\)-operators (Q2662763)

Roughly speaking, a twilled algebra is an algebra that is decomposed into two subalgebras (as a direct sum of vector spaces). Twilled Lie algebras were studied with applications to Lie bialgebras and integrable systems. Twilled associative algebras were studied with connections to quantization and Rota-Baxter type operators. The notion of a twilled Leibniz algebra was introduced in the study of Leibniz bialgebras. Twilled algebras are closely related to the twisting theory. One common property for the above twilled algebras is that they are equivalent to matched pairs. As we will see in the present paper, this property does not hold anymore for \(3\)-Lie algebras (the notion of the matched pairs for \(3\)-Lie algebras was introduced in [\textit{C. Bai} et al., ``Bialgebras, the classical yang-Baxter equation and Manin triples for 3-Lie algebras'', Adv. Theor. Math. Phys. 23 27--74 (2019; \url{doi:10.1080/03081087.2017.1366413})]). However, in section 3, the authors introduce the notion of a generalized matched pair of \(3\)-Lie algebras using the generalized representation introduced in [\textit{J. Liu} et al., Algebr. Represent. Theory 20, No. 6, 1415--1431 (2017; Zbl 1430.17011)]. They show that a generalized matched pair gives rise to a twilled \(3\)-Lie algebra. After that, they introduce the notion of a strict twilled \(3\)-Lie algebra and show that there is a one-to-one correspondence between strict twilled \(3\)-Lie algebras and matched pairs of \(3\)-Lie algebras. In the next section, they introduce the notion of twisting of a \(3\)-Lie algebra. In particular, they show that the twisting of a twilled \(3\)-Lie algebra by a Maurer-Cartan element of the associated \(L_{\infty}\)-algebra given in Theorem 2.17 is still a twilled \(3\)-Lie algebra.