Continuum analogues of contragredient Lie algebras (Lie algebras with a Cartan operator and nonlinear dynamical systems) |
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Authors: | M V Saveliev A M Vershik |
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Institution: | (1) International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy;(2) Leningrad State University, Leningrad, USSR;(3) Present address: Institute for High Energy Physics, SU-142284 Serpukhov, Moscow region, USSR |
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Abstract: | We present an axiomatic formulation of a new class of infinitedimensional Lie algebras-the generalizations ofZ-graded Lie algebras with, generally speaking, an infinite-dimensional Cartan subalgebra and a contiguous set of roots. We call such algebras continuum Lie algebras. The simple Lie algebras of constant growth are encapsulated in our formulation. We pay particular attention to the case when the local algebra is parametrized by a commutative algebra while the Cartan operator (the generalization of the Cartan matrix) is a linear operator. Special examples of these algebras are the Kac-Moody algebras, algebras of Poisson brackets, algebras of vector fields on a manifold, current algebras, and algebras with differential or integro-differential cartan operator. The nonlinear dynamical systems associated with the continuum contragredient Lie algebras are also considered. |
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