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    Commutative 2-cocycles on Lie algebras

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    On Lie algebras, we study commutative 2-cocycles, i.e., symmetric bilinear forms satisfying the usual cocycle equation. We note their relationship with antiderivations and compute them for some classes of Lie algebras, including finite-dimensional semisimple, current and Kac-Moody algebras.Comment: v7: minor changes; added ancillary file with GAP cod
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