Universal Central Extensions of Gauge Algebras and Groups

Christoph Wockel; Bas Janssens

Universal Central Extensions of Gauge Algebras and Groups

Christoph Wockel
, Bas Janssens

Mathematical Institute

Universitaet Hamburg
Universitat Hamburg

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Abstract

We show that the canonical central extension of the group of sections of a Lie group
bundle over a compact manifold, constructed in [NW09], is universal. In doing so, we prove universality of the corresponding central extension of Lie algebras in a slightly more general setting.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	129-139
Number of pages	10
Journal	Journal fur die Reine und Angewandte Mathematik
Volume	682
Publication status	Published - 2013

Keywords

gauge groups

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