Cohomologies of difference Lie groups and the van Est theorem (Q6123225)

A difference Lie group is a Lie group equipped with a difference operator, equivalently a crossed homomorphism with respect to the adjoint action. The authors introduce the notion of a representation of a difference Lie group, and establish the relation between representations of difference Lie groups and representations of difference Lie algebras via differentiation and integration. They introduce a cohomology theory for difference Lie groups and justify it via the van Est theorem. They also classify abelian extensions of difference Lie groups using the second cohomology group as applications.