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Universal central extension of a class of infinite dimensional Lie algebras. (English) Zbl 1240.17013

Summary: Let \(W=\text{span}_C\{M_r|r\in Z\}\) denote the rank-one Witt algebra with the bracket: \([M_r, M_s]=(s-r)M_{r+s}\). Let \(V=\text{span}_C\{N_s|s\in Z\}\) be a vector space which can be regarded as \(W\)-module in the sense of \(M_r\). \(N_s=sN_{r+s}\). Let \(G\) be the split extension of Witt algebra by its module \(V\). The universal central extension of \(G\) is investigated.

MSC:

17B05 Structure theory for Lie algebras and superalgebras
17B65 Infinite-dimensional Lie (super)algebras