2 + 1 kinematical expansions: from Galilei to de Sitter algebras (Q4949094)

A simple Inönü-Wigner contraction maps e.g. the Lie algebra \(\text{so}(n)\) into \(\text{iso}(n-1)\). The reverse process is called expansion and was studied in the late sixties. Expansions are found by making an ansatz for the generators within the universal enveloping algebra of the contracted Lie algebra and by calculating the Lie products to fix the parameters. A general theory does not exist. The authors consider the \((2+1)\)-dimensional kinematical Lie algebras which are related to each other by simple Inönü-Wigner contractions and they give the matching expansions. Half of them are already known, the others are found in the same old way. It does not become clear at all why the authors speak about a new expansion method.