The infinite dimensional Unital 3-Lie Poisson algebra
Chuangchuang Kang, Ruipu Bai, Yingli Wu

TL;DR
This paper constructs an infinite dimensional unital 3-Lie Poisson algebra from a commutative associative algebra, analyzes its structure, and demonstrates embeddings of several important infinite dimensional 3-Lie algebras.
Contribution
It introduces a new infinite dimensional unital 3-Lie Poisson algebra with a minimal generating set and explores its structural properties and embeddings of known 3-Lie algebras.
Findings
Existence of a minimal set of six generators for the algebra.
The quotient algebra is simple.
Embedding of key infinite dimensional 3-Lie algebras into the constructed algebra.
Abstract
From a commutative associative algebra , the infinite dimensional unital 3-Lie Poisson algebra~~is constructed, which is also a canonical Nambu 3-Lie algebra, and the structure of is discussed. It is proved that: (1) there is a minimal set of generators consisting of six vectors; (2) the quotient algebra is a simple 3-Lie Poisson algebra; (3) four important infinite dimensional 3-Lie algebras: 3-Virasoro-Witt algebra , , and the 3- algebra can be embedded in .
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00footnotetext: Corresponding author: Ruipu Bai, E-mail: [email protected].
The infinite dimensional Unital 3-Lie Poisson algebra
Chuangchuang Kang
College of Mathematics and Information Science, Hebei University, Baoding 071002, P.R. China
,
Ruipu Bai
College of Mathematics and Information Science, Hebei University, Key Laboratory of Machine Learning and Computational Intelligence of Hebei Province, Baoding 071002, P.R. China
and
Yingli Wu
College of Mathematics and Information Science, Hebei University, Baoding 071002, P.R. China
Abstract.
From a commutative associative algebra , the infinite dimensional unital 3-Lie Poisson algebra is constructed, which is also a canonical Nambu 3-Lie algebra, and the structure of is discussed. It is proved that: (1) there is a minimal set of generators consisting of six vectors; (2) the quotient algebra is a simple 3-Lie Poisson algebra; (3) four important infinite dimensional 3-Lie algebras: 3-Virasoro-Witt algebra , , and the 3- algebra can be embedded in .
Key words and phrases:
3-Lie algebra, 3-Lie Poisson algebra, canonical Nambu 3-Lie algebra
1. Introduction
The role of -Lie Poisson algebra in string theory has received more and more attention in recent years([1, 2, 3, 4]). For example, the applications of -Lie Poisson algebra in noncommutative geometry and the quantum geometry of branes in M-theory have been considered in [5]. The theory of -Lie Poisson algebras provides an useful method to describe multiple M2 branes ([6, 7, 8]), and algebraical and geometrical structures of Nambu-Poisson manifold ([9, 10, 11]).
The discovery of 3-bracket in 1973 triggered a huge amount of innovative scientific inquiry. In [12], N. Nambu first proposed the notion of 3-bracket for constructing the generalized Hamiltonian dynamics. In [13], Takhtajan studied the algebraic structures in Nambu mechanics, and indicated the relation between Nambu mechanics and -Lie algebras. In 1985, Filippov introduced -Lie algebras ([14]), and then the structures are studied in [15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20]. These earlier studies demonstrate a strong and consistent association between -Lie algebras and -Lie Poisson algebras. The -Lie Poisson algebra comes from the concept of generalized Poisson (-Poisson or Nambu-Poisson) structure which is naturally defined for -brackets with an even number of entries, and parallels the properties of higher order generalized Lie algebras (or -Lie algebras)([21]).
An -Lie Poisson algebra is an associative commutative algebra with a totally antisymmetric -Lie bracket satisfying the generalized Leibniz rule and the fundamental identity (FI) given in [14]. Actually, removing the property of Leibniz rule requirement for the -Lie Poisson algebras, while keeping the fundamental identity, we get -Lie algebras. Further, if the -bracket need not be anticommutative, we can get another useful algebras which are called -Leibniz algebras (or -Loday algebras) ([22, 23]). Physically, the fundamental identity is a consistency condition for the time evolution, which is given in terms of Hamiltonian functions that determines derivations of -Lie algebras([24]).
However, the main challenge faced by researchers is how to find -Lie Poisson algebras. Since the multiple multiplication and Leibniz rule should be satisfied simultaneously, the structure of -Lie Poisson algebras is more complicated than that of -Lie algebras. So the construction of 3-Lie Poisson algebras as the special case of -Lie Poisson algebras is very important.
In [25], Curtright constructed a 3-Virasoro-Witt algebra through the use of enveloping algebra techniques. In [26], Bai provided two methods for constructing infinite dimensional 3-Lie algebras and from group algebras. In [27], Chakrabortty obtained 3-algebras by using “lone-star” product of generators in -algebras as well as their commutation relations, and appropriate double scaling limits. Connected strongly to physics, the 3-Lie algebras constructed as above are very important.
The purpose of this paper is to construct an infinite dimensional 3-Lie Poisson algebra which contains 3-Virasoro-Witt algebra , 3-Lie algebras , , and 3-algebras simultaneously.
In Section 2, we introduce some basic notions. In Section 3, we provide an infinite dimensional unital 3-Lie Poisson algebra and realize it by canonical Nambu -Lie algebras. Section 4 we pay close attention to the Lie structure of unital 3-Lie Poisson algebra and study four types of 3-Lie subalgebras. Section 5 is devoted to derivations of unital 3-Lie Poisson algebra.
Unless otherwise stated, algebras and vector spaces are over a field of characteristic zero, is the set of integers, is the set of positive integers, and is the real field. For any algebra , and , we use to denote the subalgebra of generated by .
2. Preliminary
Definition 2.1**.**
[14]** An -Lie algebra * is a vector space over endowed with an -ary multi-linear skew-symmetric multiplication satisfying Fundamental Identity (FI), for all ,*
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Let be an -Lie algebra. For any , the linear mapping defined by
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is called the left multiplication determined by . Thanks to (2.1), left multiplications are derivations.
Definition 2.2**.**
[28]** An -Lie Poisson algebra* (or Nambu-Poisson algebra) over a field is a linear vector space with -linear multiplications , and satisfying*
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* is an associative commutative algebra;*
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* is an n-Lie algebra;*
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the following Leibniz rule holds:
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If there is an unit element in , then is called an unital -Lie Poisson algebra.
An -Lie Poisson algebra is usually denoted by or , for all , is denoted by
Recall Jacobian algebras given in [26]. Let be a commutative associative algebra, be commutative derivations of , then the multiplication on defined by
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satisfies Definition 2.2. Therefore, is an -Lie Poisson algebra, and it is called the Jacobian algebra defined by commutative derivations .
3. Unital 3-Lie Poisson algebra
Let be a commutative associative algebra with a basis , and the multiplication in the basis be as follows
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Since for all ,
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is the only unit element of .
For convenience, for all , denotes the determinant
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Define the 3-ary multiplication as follows, , , ,
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By the above notations, we have the following result.
Theorem 3.1**.**
* is an unital 3-Lie Poisson algebra.*
Proof.
We only need to prove that (2.1) and (2.3) hold. By (3.4), for all ,
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Thanks to the properties of determinant, (2.1) holds. Since
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(2.3) holds. Therefore, is an unital 3-Lie Poisson algebra. ∎
In the following, ** denotes the unital 3-Lie Poisson algebra in Theorem 3.1, and denotes the -Lie algebra structure of .**
Now we give some symbols. Let
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be 3-Lie subalgebras of 3-Lie algebra generated by the subsets
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respectively. Then
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In [13], authors gave the canonical Nambu 3-Lie algebra on . Let (or ). Then is a canonical Nambu -Lie algebra, where for with coordinates ( or ),
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Theorem 3.2**.**
Let be the 3-Lie Poisson algebra in Theorem 3.1 over the real field (or in the complex field ), then can be realized by a canonical Nambu 3-Lie algebra.
Proof.
Let
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where (or ). Then
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is an associative commutative algebra with the multiplication
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Define the 3-Lie multiplication
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Thanks to Eq (2.4), is a 3-Lie Poisson algebra, and
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where . Therefore, defined by, , for all , is an algebra isomorphism between and . ∎
4. Applications of unital 3-Lie Poisson algebra
In this section, we study some applications of . We will prove that four important 3-Lie algebras: 3-Virasoro-Witt algebra in [25], in [29], in [26] and 3- algebra in [27] can be embedded in .
4.1. 3-Virasoro-Witt algebra
Witt algebra (centerless Virasoro algebra) is an important complex Lie algebra in two-dimensional conformal field theory and string theory. It has been generalized to higher arties as 3-Virasoro-Witt algebra in [25]. First we show that how to construct 3-Virasoro-Witt algebra by creation and annihilation operators and .
We know that and have wide applications in quantum mechanics. Consider the Schrödinger equation for the one-dimensional time independent quantum harmonic oscillator
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Set
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a direct computation yields that
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moreover
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For arbitrary differentiable function , since
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we have
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Therefore, (4.2) can be reduced to
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So the Schrödinger equation (4.1) becomes
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Define the creation operator and annihilation operator as
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then the Schrödinger equation reduces to
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It is a simplification of the Schrödinger equation. Furthermore, set , then , and
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Set
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where are parameters. Using the Nambu commutator
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and Eq (4.5), we have
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Replacing the basis in Eq (4.8) with
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and taking limit , we get the 3-Virasoro-Witt algebra.
Lemma 4.1**.**
[25]** Let be a commutative associative algebra with a basis , and define 3-ary linear skew-symmetric multiplication on as follows
[TABLE]
where z is a parameter. Then the multiplication (4.9) does not satisfy Eq (2.1), except when . In that cases, is a 3-Lie algebra, which is called 3-Virasoro-Witt algebra, and is denoted by .
Theorem 4.2**.**
3-Virasoro-Witt algebras and ) can be embedded in , and which are isomorphic to and , respectively.
Proof.
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Thanks to (4.9), defined by
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is a 3-Lie algebra isomorphism. By a similar discussion to the above, defined as the above is a 3-Lie algebra isomorphism. Therefore, 3-Virasoro-Witt algebras and can be embedded in . ∎
4.2. The 3-Lie algebra constructed by an involution and a derivation
In this subsection, we study an infinite-dimensional 3-Lie algebra which is constructed by a commutative associative algebra, an involution and a derivation ([29]).
Lemma 4.3**.**
[29]** Let be a commutative associative algebra with a basis Then is a simple 3-Lie algebra, where
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Theorem 4.4**.**
The linear mapping defined by
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is a 3-Lie algebra isomorphism, therefore, 3-Lie algebra can be embedded in .
Proof.
By Eqs (3.4) and (3.7), and a direct computation, we have
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Thanks to Lemma 4.3,
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Then we have
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Therefore, 3-Lie algebra can be embedded in . ∎
4.3. 3-Lie algebra constructed by Laurent polynomials
Now we study the infinite dimensional 3-Lie algebra which is constructed by Laurent polynomials in [26]
Lemma 4.5**.**
[26]** Let U be a vector space with a basis over . Then is a simple 3-Lie algebra with the multiplication
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The 3-Lie algebra is denoted by .
Theorem 4.6**.**
The linear mapping defined by
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is a 3-Lie algebra isomorphism, therefore, the 3-Lie algebra can be embedded in .
Proof.
Thanks to Eqs (3.4) and (3.7),
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By Lemma 4.5,
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It follows
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is a 3-Lie algebra isomorphism, therefore, the 3-Lie algebra can be embedded in . ∎
4.4. 3- algebra
The algebra is a higher-spin extension of the Virasoro algebra ([30]). In [27], authors obtained a 3- algebra by using “lone-star” product and commutative relations of generators in and appropriate double scaling limits on the generators.
Lemma 4.7**.**
[27]** Let be a commutative associative algebra with a basis Then is a 3-Lie algebra with the multiplication
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which is called 3- algebra, and is simply denoted by 3-.
Theorem 4.8**.**
The linear mapping defined by
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is a 3-Lie algebra isomorphism. Therefore, 3- can be embedded in .
Proof.
From (3.4) and (3.9), and Lemma.4.7, for
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therefore, the 3- algebra is isomorphic to and 3- algebra can be embedded in . ∎
5. Structure of unital 3-Lie Poisson algebra
From (3.2) and (3.4), is the center of , that is, and for all . Denotes . Thanks to (3.2), and , is an ideal of .
Theorem 5.1**.**
The quotient 3-Lie algebra is an infinite dimensional simple 3-Lie algebra.
Proof.
Let be a nonzero ideal of the quotient algebra , and . Then we can suppose
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If , then , and for all satisfying ( ), there exist , such that \left|\begin{array}[]{ccc}r_{1}&a&r\\ l_{1}&s&l+1\\ m_{1}&t&m+1\\ \end{array}\right|\neq 0. Then
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therefore, for all satisfying , , we have .
For satisfying , , there are , such that for all . By the above discussion, we have , therefore, It follows I=$$\mathfrak{A}~{}/C_{0}.
Now assume is true. We will discuss the case . Thanks to (3.4), there are such that and for all . Then
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Therefore, we have I=$$\mathfrak{A}~{}/C_{0}. The proof is complete. ∎
Theorem 5.2**.**
1) The subspace spanned by
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is a subalgebra of and satisfies . Furthermore, for any , if and only if , and if and only if , that is, .
2) For any , the left multiplication is semi-simple, that is,
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where is the subspace of spanned by
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Furthermore, if , then . If , then .
Proof.
Thanks to (3.4), for all
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therefore, is a subalgebra of and
For any , and , by (3.4),
[L_{l,m}^{r},L_{i,i}^{s},L_{j,j}^{t}]=\left|\begin{array}[]{ccc}r&s&t\\ l&i&j\\ m&i&j\\ \end{array}\right|L_{i+j+l-1,i+j+m-1}^{r+s+t}\in H if and only if , that is, . We get 1).
Apply (3.4) and a direct computation, for all
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Therefore, , and
Thanks to (5.2), if , then , and if , then The result 2) follows. ∎
Definition 5.3**.**
Let be a linear mapping of . If satisfies that , that is, for all
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then is called a derivation of .
Theorem 5.4**.**
The left multiplications , for all are derivations of .
Proof.
Apply Eqs (2.1), (2.2) and (3.1). ∎
Lemma 5.5**.**
* has the minimal set of generators*
[TABLE]
Proof.
By (3.1), , , then
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Thanks to , we get is a minimal set of generators of . ∎
Theorem 5.6**.**
Derivation algebra of commutative associative algebra is spanned by
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Proof.
By (5.3),
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and
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Then we have
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Similarly, we have
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Thanks to , we have
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It follows the result.∎
By Lemma 5.5 and Theorem 5.6, for discussing derivations of , we need to study the properties of , and , where . So, for any , suppose
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Theorem 5.7**.**
If , then is a derivation of if and only if
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satisfies the following identities
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Proof.
For any , thanks to Theorem 5.6, is a derivation of if and only if satisfies
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We get that Eq (5.10) holds if and only if
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Therefore, if \left|\begin{array}[]{cc}l_{2}&l_{3}\\ m_{2}&m_{3}\\ \end{array}\right|=0, (5.10) holds. If \left|\begin{array}[]{cc}l_{2}&l_{3}\\ m_{2}&m_{3}\\ \end{array}\right|\neq 0, we have
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By the similar discussion to the above, Eqs (5.11) and (5.12) hold if and only if
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hold, respectively. Thanks to , and Eqs (5.14), (5.15) and (5.16), we get that is a derivation of if and only if Eq (5.9) holds. ∎
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