Published May 2011 | Version v1
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Calculus structure on the Lie conformal algebra complex and the variational complex

  • 1. Dipartimento di Matematica, Universita di Roma ''La Sapienza'', 00185 Roma (Italy)
  • 2. School of Mathematical Sciences, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005 (Australia)
  • 3. Department of Mathematics, MIT, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139 (United States)

Description

We construct a calculus structure on the Lie conformal algebra cochain complex. By restricting to degree one chains, we recover the structure of a g-complex introduced in [A. De Sole and V. G. Kac, Commun. Math. Phys. 292, 667 (2009)]. A special case of this construction is the variational calculus, for which we provide explicit formulas.

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Mathematical Physics
Journal Volume
52
Journal Issue
5
Journal Page Range
p. 053510-053510.35
ISSN
0022-2488
CODEN
JMAPAQ

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
42093010
Subject category
S97: MATHEMATICAL METHODS AND COMPUTING; S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
Descriptors DEI
ALGEBRA; COMPLEX MANIFOLDS; CONFORMAL INVARIANCE; LIE GROUPS; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; VARIATIONAL METHODS
Descriptors DEC
CALCULATION METHODS; FIELD THEORIES; INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES; MATHEMATICAL MANIFOLDS; MATHEMATICS; SYMMETRY GROUPS

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