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Central extensions of some Lie algebras
Author(s):
Wanglai
Li;
Robert
L.
Wilson
Journal:
Proc. Amer. Math. Soc.
126
(1998),
2569-2577.
MSC (1991):
Primary 17B65, 17B56;
Secondary 17B66.
MathSciNet review:
1451817
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Abstract:
We consider three Lie algebras: , the Lie algebra of all derivations on the algebra of formal Laurent series; the Lie algebra of all differential operators on ; and the Lie algebra of all differential operators on We prove that each of these Lie algebras has an essentially unique nontrivial central extension.
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Additional Information:
Wanglai
Li
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08903
Email:
wli@math.rutgers.edu
Robert
L.
Wilson
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08903
Email:
rwilson@math.rutgers.edu
DOI:
10.1090/S0002-9939-98-04348-2
PII:
S 0002-9939(98)04348-2
Keywords:
Lie algebra,
central extension,
2-cocycle
Received by editor(s):
September 13, 1996
Received by editor(s) in revised form:
February 4, 1997
Additional Notes:
The second author was supported in part by NSF Grant DMS-9401851
Communicated by:
Roe Goodman
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1998,
American Mathematical Society
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