Twisted Lie brackets and the Witt algebra

Authors

  • Vincent Paul Vasquez Munar ⋅ PH Department of Physical Sciences and Mathematics, University of the Philippines Manila
  • Clarisson Rizzie P. Canlubo ⋅ PH Institute of Mathematics, University of the Philippines Diliman

Abstract

In this paper, we explore twisted Lie brackets on a general commutative associative algebra A. Given a linear map ψ: A → A and for any a, b ∈ A, we define the bilinear form [,]ψ by [a, b]ψ := a⋅ ψ(b) - b⋅ ψ(a). We show that for any linear map ψ, skew-symmetry is always satisfied, however, the Jacobi identity is not. We identify necessary and sufficient conditions on ψ so that [,]ψ satisfies the Jacobi identity, making it a twisted Lie bracket on A. We also show that when ψ is a linear derivation on A, [,]ψ will be Lie bracket. We then give examples on C∞(ℝⁿ). Finally, we show that the Witt algebra is in fact a twisted Lie algebra by proving that it is isomorphic to C∞poly(S¹) with the twisted Lie bracket [,]d/dθ.

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Article ID

SPP-2019-PB-01

Section

Poster Session PB

Published

2019-05-10

How to Cite

[1]
VPV Munar and CRP Canlubo, Twisted Lie brackets and the Witt algebra, Proceedings of the Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas 37, SPP-2019-PB-01 (2019). URL: https://proceedings.spp-online.org/article/view/SPP-2019-PB-01.