Transgression and Clifford algebras

DOI10.5802/AIF.2466zbMATH Open1187.17009arXiv0712.0922OpenAlexW1576622312MaRDI QIDQ734599FDOQ734599

Rudolf Philippe Rohr

Publication date: 13 October 2009

Published in: Annales de l’institut Fourier (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Let $W$ be a differential (not necessarily commutative) algebra which carries a free action of a polynomial algebra $SP$ with homogeneous generators $p_1,>\mathrm{...},p_r$. We show that for $W$ acyclic, the cohomology of the quotient $H(W/<p_1,\mathrm{...},p_r>)$ is isomorphic to a Clifford algebra $extCl(P,B)$, where the (possibly degenerate) bilinear form $B$ depends on $W$. This observation is an analogue of an old result of Borel in a non-commutative context. As an application, we study the case of $W$ given by the quantized Weil algebra $qWg=UgotimesClg$ for $Lieg$ a reductive Lie algebra. The resulting cohomology of the canonical Weil differential gives a Clifford algebra, but the bilinear form vanishes on the space of primitive invariants of the semi-simple part. As an application, we consider the deformed Weil differential (following Freed, Hopkins and Teleman).

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0712.0922

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zbMATH Keywords

Clifford algebrasclassical and quantized Weil algebrastransgression in spectral sequence

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Homological methods in Lie (super)algebras (17B55) Exterior algebra, Grassmann algebras (15A75) Homology and cohomology of Lie groups (57T10)

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• The non-commutative Weil algebra

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