On Lie algebra crossed modules

This article constructs a crossed module corresponding to the generator of the third cohomology group with trivial coefficients of a complex simple Lie algebra. This generator reads as , constructed from the Lie bracket [,] and the Killing form . The construction is inspired by the corresponding construction for the Lie algebra of formal vector fields in one formal variable on R, and its subalgebra sl_2(R), where the generator is usually called Godbillon-Vey class.Comment: 24 page

A rigid Leibniz algebra with non-trivial HL^2

In this article, we generalize Richardson's example of a rigid Lie algebra with non-trivial $H^2$ to the Leibniz setting. Namely, we consider the hemisemidirect product ${\mathfrak h}$ of a semidirect product Lie algebra $M_k\rtimes{\mathfrak g}$ of a simple Lie algebra ${\mathfrak g}$ with some non-trivial irreducible ${\mathfrak g}$-module $M_k$ with a non-trivial irreducible ${\mathfrak g}$-module $I_l$. Then for ${\mathfrak g}={\mathfrak s}{\mathfrak l}_2({\mathbb C})$, we take $M_k$ (resp. $I_l$) to be the standard irreducible ${\mathfrak s}{\mathfrak l}_2({\mathbb C})$-module of dimension $k+1$ (resp. $l+1$). Assume $\frac{k}{2}>5$ is an odd integer and $l>2$ is odd, then we show that the Leibniz algebra ${\mathfrak h}$ is geometrically rigid and has non-trivial $HL^2$ with adjoint coefficients. We close the article with an appendix where we record further results on the question whether $H^2({\mathfrak g},{\mathfrak g})=0$ implies $HL^2({\mathfrak g},{\mathfrak g})=0$.Comment: 27 pages, based on new cohomology results of Feldvoss-Wagemann 1902.06128, written in terms of left Leibniz algebra

Racks, Leibniz algebras and Yetter--Drinfel'd modules

A Hopf algebra object in Loday and Pirashvili's category of linear maps entails an ordinary Hopf algebra and a Yetter–Drinfel'd module. We equip the latter with a structure of a braided Leibniz algebra. This provides a unified framework for examples of racks in the category of coalgebras discussed recently by Carter, Crans, Elhamdadi and Saito

On Hopf 2-algebras

Our main goal in this paper is to translate the diagram relating groups, Lie algebras and Hopf algebras to the corresponding 2-objects, i.e. to categorify it. This is done interpreting 2-objects as crossed modules and showing the compatibility of the standard functors linking groups, Lie algebras and Hopf algebras with the concept of a crossed module. One outcome is the construction of an enveloping algebra of the string Lie algebra of Baez-Crans, another is the clarification of the passage from crossed modules of Hopf algebras to Hopf 2-algebras.Comment: 26 pages, clarification of several statement

Holomorphic current groups -- Structure and Orbits

Let K be a finite-dimensional, 1-connected complex Lie group, and let \Sigma_k=\Sigma - {p_1,\ldots,p_k\} be a compact connected Riemann surface \Sigma, from which we have extracted k > 0 distinct points. We study in this article the regular Frechet-Lie group O(\Sigma_k,K) of holomorphic maps from \Sigma_k to K and its central extension \widehat{O(\Sigma_k,K)}. We feature especially the automorphism groups of these Lie groups as well as the coadjoint orbits of \widehat{O(\Sigma_k,K)} which we link to flat K-bundles on \Sigma_k.Comment: 28 page