On deformations and extensions of Diff (S^2)

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Abstract: We investigate the algebra of vector fields on the sphere. First, we find that linear deformations of this algebra are obstructed under reasonable conditions. In particular, we show that hs[lambda], the one-parameter deformation of the algebra of area-preserving vector fields, does not extend to the entire algebra. Next, we study some non-central extensions through the embedding of mathfrakvmathfrakemathfrakcmathfrakt(S2) into mathfrakvmathfrakemathfrakcmathfrakt(mathbbC∗). For the latter, we discuss a three parameter family of non-central extensions which contains the symmetry algebra of asymptotically flat and asymptotically Friedmann spacetimes at future null infinity, admitting a simple free field realization.




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