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

Deformations of Lie algebras of vector fields arising from families of schemes

Fialowski and Schlichenmaier constructed examples of global deformations of Lie algebras of vector fields from deforming the underlying variety. We formulate their approach in a conceptual way. Namely, we construct a stack of deformations and a morphism form the moduli stack of stable marked curves. The morphism associates to a family of marked curves the family of Lie algebras obtained by taking the Lie algebra of vertical vector fields on the family where one has extracted the marked points. We show that this morphism is almost a monomorphism by Pursell-Shanks theory.Comment: 20 page

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

Cohomology and deformations of the infinite dimensional filiform Lie algebra m_0

Denote m_0 the infinite dimensional N-graded Lie algebra defined by basis e_i, i>= 1 and relations [e_1,e_i] = e_(i+1) for all i>=2. We compute in this article the bracket structure on H1(m_0,m_0), H2(m_0,m_0) and in relation to this, we establish that there are only finitely many true deformations of m_0 in each nonpositive weight, by constructing them explicitely. It turns out that in weight 0 one gets exactly the other two filiform Lie algebras.Comment: 25 page