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Topics on n-ary algebras
We describe the basic properties of two n-ary algebras, the Generalized Lie
Algebras (GLAs) and, particularly, the Filippov (or n-Lie) algebras (FAs), and
comment on their n-ary Poisson counterparts, the Generalized Poisson (GP) and
Nambu-Poisson (N-P) structures. We describe the Filippov algebra cohomology
relevant for the central extensions and infinitesimal deformations of FAs. It
is seen that semisimple FAs do not admit central extensions and, moreover, that
they are rigid. This extends the familiar Whitehead's lemma to all
FAs, n=2 being the standard Lie algebra case. When the n-bracket of the FAs is
no longer required to be fully skewsymmetric one is led to the n-Leibniz (or
Loday's) algebra structure. Using that FAs are a particular case of n-Leibniz
algebras, those with an anticommutative n-bracket, we study the class of
n-Leibniz deformations of simple FAs that retain the skewsymmetry for the first
n-1 entires of the n-Leibniz bracket.Comment: 11 page