Some Results on Novikov–Poisson Algebras

Novikov algebras were introduced in connection with the Poisson brackets of hydrodynamic type and Hamiltonian operators in the formal variational calculus. A Novikov–Poisson algebra is a Novikov algebra with a compatible commutative associative algebraic structure, which was introduced to construct the tensor product of two Novikov algebras. In this paper, we commence a study of finite-dimensional Novikov–Poisson algebras. We show the commutative associative operation in a Novikov–Poisson algebra is a compatible global deformation of the associated Novikov algebra. We also discuss how to classify Novikov–Poisson algebras. And as an example, we give the classification of 2-dimensional Novikov–Poisson algebras.     

A generalized Hamiltonian formalism unifying classical and quantum mechanics

A Poisson bracket structure is defined on associative algebras which allows for a generalized Hamiltonian dynamics. Both classical and quantum mechanics are shown to be special cases of the general formalism.     

Simple currents and extensions of vertex operator algebras

We consider how a vertex operator algebra can be extended to an abelian interwining algebra by a family of weak twisted modules which aresimple currents associated with semisimple weight one primary vectors. In the case that the extension is again a vertex operator algebra, the rationality of the extended algebra is discussed. These results are applied to affine Kac-Moody algebras in order to construct all the simple currents explicitly (except forE ₈) and to get various extensions of the vertex operator algebras associated with integrable representations.Supported by NSF grant DMS-9303374 and a research grant from the Committee on Research, UC Santa Cruz.Supported by NSF grant DMS-9401272 and a research grant from the Committee on Research, UC Santa Cruz.     

Simple Modules over the Higher-Rank Super-Virasoro Algebras

It is proved that uniformly bounded simple modules over higher-rank super-Virasoro algebras are modules of the intermediate series, and that simple modules with finite dimensional weight spaces are either modules of the intermediate series or generalized highest weight modules.     

Multiplicity Free Actions of Quantum Groups and Generalized Howe Duality

Noncommutative associative algebras are constructed which have the structure of module algebras over tensor products of pairs of quantized universal enveloping algebras. These module algebras decompose into multiplicity free direct sums of irreducible modules, yielding quantum analogues of generalized Howe dualities.     

Pre-Poisson Algebras

A definition of pre-Poisson algebras is proposed, combining structures of pre-Lie and zinbiel algebra on the same vector space. It is shown that a pre-Poisson algebra gives rise to a Poisson algebra by passing to the corresponding Lie and commutative products. Analogs of basic constructions of Poisson algebras (through deformations of commutative algebras, or from filtered algebras whose associated graded algebra is commutative) are shown to hold for pre-Poisson algebras. The Koszul dual of pre-Poisson algebras is described. It is explained how one may associate a pre-Poisson algebra to any Poison algebra equipped with a Baxter operator, and a dual pre-Poisson algebra to any Poisson algebra equipped with an averaging operator. Examples of this construction are given. It is shown that the free zinbiel algebra (the shuffle algebra) on a pre-Lie algebra is a pre-Poisson algebra. A connection between the graded version of this result and the classical Yang–Baxter equation is discussed.     

Higher-Order Simple Lie Algebras

It is shown that the non-trivial cocycles on simple Lie algebras may be used to introduce antisymmetric multibrackets which lead to higher-order Lie algebras, the definition of which is given. Their generalised Jacobi identities turn out to be satisfied by the antisymmetric tensors (or higher-order “structure constants”) which characterise the Lie algebra cocycles. This analysis allows us to present a classification of the higher-order simple Lie algebras as well as a constructive procedure for them. Our results are synthesised by the introduction of a single, complete BRST operator associated with each simple algebra. Received: 3 June 1996 / Accepted: 8 November 1996     

Generalized Poisson algebras and Hamiltonian dynamics

Hamiltonian dynamics can be formulated entirely in terms of a Poisson manifold, that is, one for which the algebra of smooth functions is a Poisson algebra. The latter is a commutative associative algebraA together with a skew-symmetric bracket which is a derivation onA. It is shown that a Poisson algebra can be generalized by replacingA by algebras which do not necessarily commute. These allow for algebraic generalizations of Hamiltonian dynamics in both classical and quantum forms. Particular examples are models of classical and quantum electrons.     

Generalized Toda Mechanics Associated with Loop Algebras (L)(Cr) and (L)(Dr) and Their Reductions

We construct a class of integrable generalization of Toda mechanics with long-range interactions. These systems are associated with the loop algebras L(C_r) and L(D_r) in the sense that their Lax matrices can be realized in terms of the c=0 representations of the affine Lie algebras C⁽¹⁾_r and D⁽¹⁾_r and the interactions pattern involved bears the typical characters of the corresponding root systems. We present the equations of motion and the Hamiltonian structure. These generalized systems can be identified unambiguously by specifying the underlying loop algebra together with an ordered pair of integers (n,m). It turns out that different systems associated with the same underlying loop algebra but with different pairs of integers (n₁,m₁) and (n₂,m₂) with n₂<n₁ and m₂<m₁ can be related by a nested Hamiltonian reduction procedure. For all nontrivial generalizations, the extra coordinates besides the standard Toda variables are Poisson non-commute, and when either $n$ or m≥3, the Poisson structure for the extra coordinate variables becomes some Lie algebra (i.e. the extra variables appear linearly on the right-hand side of the Poisson brackets). In the quantum case, such generalizations will become systems with noncommutative variables without spoiling the integrability.     

Quantization and representation theory of finiteW algebras

In this paper we study the finitely generated algebras underlyingW algebras. These so called finiteW algebras are constructed as Poisson reductions of Kirillov Poisson structures on simple Lie algebras. The inequivalent reductions are labeled by the inequivalent embeddings ofsl ₂ into the simple Lie algebra in question. For arbitrary embeddings a coordinate free formula for the reduced Poisson structure is derived. We also prove that any finiteW algebra can be embedded into the Kirillov Poisson algebra of a (semi)simple Lie algebra (generalized Miura map). Furthermore it is shown that generalized finite Toda systems are reductions of a system describing a free particle moving on a group manifold and that they have finiteW symmetry. In the second part we BRST quantize the finiteW algebras. The BRST cohomology is calculated using a spectral sequence (which is different from the one used by Feigin and Frenkel). This allows us to quantize all finiteW algebras in one stroke. Examples are given. In the last part of the paper we study the representation theory of finiteW algebras. It is shown, using a quantum version of the generalized Miura transformation, that the representations of finiteW algebras can be constructed from the representations of a certain Lie subalgebra of the original simple Lie algebra. As a byproduct of this we are able to construct the Fock realizations of arbitrary finiteW algebras.     

A simple construction of associative deformations

We propose a simple approach to formal deformations of associative algebras. It exploits the machinery of multiplicative coresolutions of an associative algebra A in the category of A-bimodules. Specifically, we show that certain first-order deformations of A extend to all orders and we derive explicit recurrent formulas determining this extension. In physical terms, this may be regarded as the deformation quantization of noncommutative Poisson structures on A.

     

Deformation theory and quantization. I. Deformations of symplectic structures

We present a mathematical study of the differentiable deformations of the algebras associated with phase space. Deformations of the Lie algebra of C^∞ functions, defined by the Poisson bracket, generalize the well-known Moyal bracket. Deformations of the algebra of C^∞ functions, defined by ordinary multiplication, give rise to noncommutative, associative algebras, isomorphic to the operator algebras of quantum theory. In particular, we study deformations invariant under any Lie algebra of “distinguished observables”, thus generalizing the usual quantization scheme based on the Heisenberg algebra.     

Quantizer–dequantizer operators as a tool for formulating the quantization procedure

We consider the quantization procedure and investigate the application of the quantizer–dequantizer method and star-product technique to construct associative products and the associative algebras formed by the quantizer–dequantizer operators and their symbols. The corresponding Lie algebras are also constructed. We study the case where the quantizer–dequantizer operators form a self-dual system and show that the structure constants of the Lie algebras satisfy some identity, in addition to the Jacobi identity. Using tomographic quantizer–dequantizer operators and their symbols, we construct the continuous associative algebra and the corresponding Lie algebra.     

Poisson Actions up to Homotopy and their Quantization

Symmetries of Poisson manifolds are in general quantized just to symmetries up to homotopy of the quantized algebra of functions. It is therefore interesting to study symmetries up to homotopy of Poisson manifolds. We notice that they are equivalent to Poisson principal bundles and describe their quantization to symmetries up to homotopy of the quantized algebras of functions, using the formality theorem of Kontsevich.Supported in part by the Swiss National Science Foundation     

Deformation Quantizations of the Poisson Algebra of Laurent Polynomials

It is well known that the Moyal bracket gives a unique deformation quantization of the canonical phase space R2n up to equivalence. In his presentation of an interesting deformation quantization of the Poisson algebra of Laurent polynomials, Ovsienko discusses the equivalences of deformation quantizations of these algebras. We show that under suitable conditions, deformation quantizations of this algebra are equivalent. Though Ovsienko showed that there exists a deformation quantization of the Poisson algebra of Laurent polynomials which is not equivalent to the Moyal product, this is not correct. We show this equivalence by two methods: a direct construction of the intertwiner via the star exponential and a more standard approach using Hochschild 2-cocycles.     

Differential cohomology of C (a)

Let be a finite dimensional real Lie algebra and ^* its dual. ^* is a Poisson manifold. Thus the space C^∞( ^*) of C^∞ functions on ^* has an associative and a Lie algebra structure. The problem of formal deformations of such a structure needs the determination of some cohomology groups of C^∞( ^*), considered as a module on itself for left multiplication or adjoint representation. We determine here these groups. The result is very similar to the case of C^∞(W), where W is a symplectic manifold except for the Lie algebras h_r × ^m, direct products of Heisenberg and abelian Lie algebras.     

Simple algebras and Drinfeld doubles

The Drinfeld double structure underlying all the Cartan series of simple Lie algebras is discussed. The two solvable algebras that allow its definition are constructed enlarging each simple algebra of rank n with a central Abelian algebra of dimension n. In these solvable algebras, isomorphic to the two Borel subalgebras, a pairing can be built. The complete machinery of Drinfeld doubles is described in all details. This offers a new approach to the explicit construction of canonical quantum deformation of simple algebras and fixes uniquely, independently and differently from known conventions, canonical bases for all of them. The Drinfeld doubles for A _n and C _n are explicitly written. The full quantization of su(3) is discussed in terms of standard commutators as the A ₂ Drinfeld double requires. The text was submitted by the authors in English.     

Projective geometry from Poisson algebras

By analogy with the Poisson algebra of quadratic forms on the symplectic plane and with the concept of duality in the projective plane introduced by Arnold (2005) [1], where the concurrence of the triangle altitudes is deduced from the Jacobi identity, we consider the Poisson algebras of the first degree harmonics on the sphere, on the pseudo-sphere and on the hyperboloid, to obtain analogous duality concepts and similar results for spherical, pseudo-spherical and hyperbolic geometry. Such algebras, including the algebra of quadratic forms, are isomorphic either to the Lie algebra of the vectors in R³${\mathbb{R}}^3$, with the vector product, or to algebra s_l2(R)$s{l}_2\left(\mathbb{R}\right)$. The Tomihisa identity, introduced in (Tomihisa, 2009) [3] for the algebra of quadratic forms, holds for all these Poisson algebras and has a geometrical interpretation. The relationships between the different definitions of duality in projective geometry inherited by these structures are shown here.     

On the structure constants of volume preserving diffeomorphism algebra

Regularizing a volume preserving diffeomorphism (VPD) is equivalent to a long standing problem, namely regularizing a Nambu–Poisson bracket. In this paper, as a first step toward regularizing VPD, we find general complete independent bases of VPD algebra. Especially, we find a complete independent basis that gives simple structure constants, where three area preserving diffeomorphism algebras are manifest. This implies that an algebra that regularizes a VPD algebra should include three $u(N)$ Lie algebras.