The Low-Dimensional Algebraic Cohomology of the Virasoro Algebra

DOI10.1088/1742-6596/1194/1/012032arXiv1805.08433WikidataQ127967879 ScholiaQ127967879MaRDI QIDQ6301929FDOQ6301929

Publication date: 22 May 2018

Abstract: The main aim of this article is to prove the one-dimensionality of the third algebraic cohomology of the Virasoro algebra with values in the adjoint module. We announced this result in a previous publication with only a sketch of the proof. The detailed proof is provided in the present article. We also show that the third algebraic cohomology of the Witt and the Virasoro algebra with values in the trivial module is one-dimensional. We consider purely algebraic cohomology, i.e. our results are independent of any topology chosen. The vanishing of the third algebraic cohomology of the Witt algebra with values in the adjoint module has already been proven by Ecker and Schlichenmaier.

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Formal methods and deformations in algebraic geometry (14D15) Infinite-dimensional Lie (super)algebras (17B65) Virasoro and related algebras (17B68) Infinite-dimensional groups and algebras motivated by physics, including Virasoro, Kac-Moody, (W)-algebras and other current algebras and their representations (81R10) Two-dimensional field theories, conformal field theories, etc. in quantum mechanics (81T40) Lie algebras of vector fields and related (super) algebras (17B66) Cohomology of Lie (super)algebras (17B56)

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