On contractions and invariants of Leibniz algebras (Q424678)

Let \(A\) be an \(n\)-dimensional algebra over a field \(K,\) with the binary operation \(\lambda:V\times V\rightarrow V,\) where \(V\) is the underlying vector space of \(A\). Consider a continuous function \(g_t: (0,1] \to\mathrm{GL}(V)\). In other words, \(g_t\) is a nonsingular linear operator on \(V\) for all \(t\in (0,1]\). Define parametrized family of new isomorphic to A algebra structures on \(V\) via the old binary operation \(\lambda\) as follows: \[ \lambda_t(x,y)=(g_t\ast \lambda)(x,y)=g_t^{-1}\lambda(g_t(x),g_t(y)),\quad x,y\in V. \] If the limit \(\lim_{t\to +0}\lambda_t=\lambda_0\) exists for all \(x,y\in V,\) then the algebraic structure \(\lambda_0\) defined by this way on \(V\) is said to be a contraction (or, equally, a degeneration) of the algebra \(A\). In this paper the authors consider contractions of complex Leibniz algebras. After a short summary of the history, relationships of different definitions and comparisons of them, they focus on contractions of three-dimensional case of complex Leibniz algebras. A several contraction invariants that are useful in determining whether one algebra can be obtained as an contraction of another algebra are given.