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A Kind of Infinite-Dimensional Novikov Algebras and Its Realizations

Liangyun Chen

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Liangyun Chen

School of Mathematics and Statistics, Northeast Normal University, Changchun 130024, China nenu.edu.cn

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First published: 31 July 2013
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Academic Editor: T. Raja Sekhar

Abstract

We construct a kind of infinite-dimensional Novikov algebras and give its realization by hyperbolic sine functions and hyperbolic cosine functions.

1. Introduction

Novikov algebras were introduced in connection with Hamiltonian operators in the formal variational calculus and the Poisson brackets of hydrodynamic type. They were used to construct the Virasoro-type Lie algebras. So the study of Novikov algebras is interesting in both mathematics and mathematical physics.

When Gel’fand and Diki [1, 2] and Gel’fand and Dorfman [3] studied the following operator:
()
they gave the definition of Novikov algebras. Concretely, let cijk be the structural coefficients, and let a product of L = L(e0, e1, …) be ∘ such that
()
For any a, b, cL, the product is Hamilton operator if and only if ∘ satisfies
()

Ma presented many new soliton hierarchies of commuting bi-Hamiltonian evolution equations from the so-called Novikov algebras [46]. In 1987, Zel’manov [7] began to study Novikov algebras and proved that the dimension of finite-dimensional simple Novikov algebras over a field of characteristic zero is one. In algebras, what are paid attention to by mathematician are classifications and structures, but so far we have not got the systematic theory for general Novikov algebras. In 1992, Osborn [810] had finished the classification of infinite simple Novikov algebras with nilpotent elements over a field of characteristic zero and finite simple Novikov algebras with nilpotent elements over a field of characteristic p > 0. In 1995, Xu [1013] developed his theory and got the classification of simple Novikov algebras over an algebraically closed field of characteristic zero. Bai and Meng [1416] did a series of researches on low dimensional Novikov algebras, such as the structure and classification. We construct two kinds of Novikov algebras [17]. Recently, people obtained some properties in Novikov superalgebras [18, 19]. In this paper, we construct an infinite-dimensional Novikov algebra and give its realization by hyperbolic sine functions and hyperbolic cosine functions.

Definition 1 (see [17].)Let (𝒜, ∘) be an algebra over F such that

()
()
and then 𝒜 is called a Novikov algebra over F.

Remark 2. An algebra 𝒜 is called a left symmetric algebra if it only satisfies (4). It is clear that left symmetric algebras contain Novikov algebras.

Remark 3. (1) If (𝒜, ∘) is a left symmetric algebra satisfying

()
then (𝒜, [, ]) is a Lie algebra. Usually, it is called an adjoining Lie algebra.

(2) Let (𝒜, ·) be a commutative algebra, and then (𝒜, d0, ∘) is a Novikov algebra if d0 is a derivation of 𝒜 with a bilinear operator ∘ such that

()

2. Main Results

Lemma 4. Let {b0, a1, b1, a2, b2, …  an, bn, …} be a basis of the linear space 𝒜 over a field F of characteristic p ≠ 2 satisfying

()
where bm = bm, am = −am. Then 𝒜 is a commutative and associative algebra.

Proof. It is clear that 𝒜 is a commutative algebra over F:

()
Similarly, we have that (bk, bn, bm) = (ak, an, bm) = (ak, bn, am) = (bk, an, am) = (bk, bn, am) = (bk, an, bm) = (ak, bn, bm) = 0. Then (a, b, c) = 0, ∀a, b, c𝒜. The result follows.

Corollary 5. b0 of Lemma 4 is a unity of 𝒜.

Lemma 6. Let 𝒜 be a commutative and associative algebra satisfying Lemma 4. Then the following statements hold:

  • (1)

    If D0 is a linear transformation of 𝒜 such that

    ()

  • then D0 is a derivation of 𝒜.

  • (2)

    If aD0 is a linear transformation of 𝒜 such that

    ()

  • then aD0 is a derivation of 𝒜.

  • (3)

    𝒟1 = {aD0a𝒜} is a subalgebra of Lie algebra Der𝒜.

Proof. (1) We have

()

So D0 is a derivation of 𝒜.

(2) For ∀a, b, c𝒜, we have

()
so aD0 is a derivation of 𝒜.

(3) For ∀a, b, c𝒜, we have

()
Then [aD0, bD0] = (aD0(b) − bD0(a))D0𝒟1, and so (3) holds.

Theorem 7. Let 𝒜 be a commutative and associative algebra satisfying Lemma 4, and let a be an element of 𝒜. If D0 satisfies Lemma 6 and ∘ satisfies

()
then the following statements hold:
  • (1)

    (𝒜, aD0, ∘) is a Novikov algebra.

  • (2)

    (𝒜, aD0, [, ]) is an adjoining Lie algebra of (𝒜, aD0, ∘) and [, ] such that

    ()

Proof. (1) By Lemma 6, aD0 is a derivation of the commutative algebra 𝒜. So (𝒜, aD0, ∘) is a Novikov algebra by Remark 3(2).

(2) (𝒜, aD0, [, ]) is an adjoining Lie algebra of (𝒜, aD0, ∘) by Remark 3(1). For ∀b, c𝒜, ∃a𝒜, we have

()
since 𝒜 is commutative. Hence we obtain the desired result.

Let b0 be a unity of 𝒜. If we set a = b0 in Theorem 7, then anam = anb0D0(am) = an(mbm) = (m/2)(am+n + anm). Similarly, we obtain the following corollary.

Corollary 8. Let 𝒜 be a commutative and associative algebra satisfying Lemma 4. Then the following statements hold:

()

We have the following: let sinh x = (exex)/2, cosh x = (ex + ex)/2, and let the field F be assumed R or C. We will construct Novikov algebras over the linear space which is generated by sinh x and cosh x.

First, let 𝒯 be a linear space generated by {sinh mx, cosh nxm, nN} over F.

Lemma 9. 𝒯 satisfying the above product is a commutative associative algebra.

Proof. Since the above product is commutative and associative, we only need 𝒯 to be closed for the product. In fact,

()
So 𝒯 is a commutative and associative algebra.

Lemma 10. Let 𝒯 be a linear space generated by {sinh  mx, cosh  nxm, nN} over F, and then {1, sinh  mx, cosh  nxm, nN0} is a basis of 𝒯.

Proof. For ∀nN0, suppose that there are c0, ai, bjF, i, jN0 such that

()
We take derivative for (20) such that its derivative order is 2k − 1  (kN0), and put x = 0. Then we have
()
Let k = 1,2, …, n, and then we obtain the following system of n linear equations:
()
If a1, …, an are seen to be unknown, then the coefficient matrix of (22) is the Vandermonde matrix whose determinant is not 0, so ai = 0, i = 1, …, n.

We take derivative for (20) such that its derivative order is 2k (kN0), and put x = 0. Then we have

()
Let k = 1,2, …, n, and then we obtain the following system of n linear equations:
()
If b1, …, bn are seen to be unknown, then the coefficient matrix of (24) is the Vandermonde matrix whose determinant is not 0, so bi = 0, i = 1, …, n. Since, for any iN0, ai = 0 and bi = 0 satisfy (20), we have c0 = 0. Hence {1, sinh  x, cosh x,…, sinh  nx, cosh  nx} are linearly independent for any nN0, and then {1, sinh  nx, cosh  mxn, mN0} are linearly independent and so they form a basis of 𝒯 as desired.

Theorem 11. Let 𝒜1, 𝒜2 be commutative and associative algebras over F. If φ: 𝒜1𝒜2 is an isomorphism and D1 ∈ Der𝒜1, then the following statements hold:

  • (1)

    D2 : = φD1φ−1 ∈ Der𝒜2,

  • (2)

    φ: (𝒜1, D1, ∘)→(𝒜2, D2, ∘) is also an isomorphism of Novikov algebras.

Proof. (1) For any a, b𝒜1, we have

()
So (1) holds.

(2) For any a, b𝒜1, we have

()
So (2) holds.

Theorem 12. Let 𝒜 be a commutative and associative algebra over F satisfying Lemma 4, let D0 be its derivation satisfying (10), and let 𝒯 be a commutative and associative algebra over F satisfying Lemmas 9 and 10. If φ : 𝒜𝒯 satisfies

()
then the following statements hold:
  • (1)

    φ is an isomorphism of commutative and associative algebras,

  • (2)

    φD0φ−1 = d/dx,

  • (3)

    φ : (𝒜, aD0, ∘)→(𝒯, φ(a)(d/dx), ∘) is an isomorphism of Novikov algebras.

Proof. It is clear by Lemma 10, (8), and (19).

(2) By Lemma 6, we have

()
So (2) holds.

(3) It is clear that φ(aD0)φ−1 = φ(a)d/dx. By (27) and (10), we have

()
Similarly, we have φ(aD0)φ−1(cosh nx) = φ(a)d(cosh nx)/dx. So φ(aD0)φ−1 = φ(a)d/dx.

By Theorems 7 and 11 and Remark 3(2), we have

()
So φ : (𝒜0, aD0, ∘)→(𝒯, φ(a)(d/dx), ∘) is an isomorphism of Novikov algebras.

Acknowledgments

The authors would like to thank the referee for valuable comments and suggestions on this paper. This paper supported by NNSF of China (no. 11171055), NSF of Jilin province (No. 201115006), Scientific Research Foundation for Returned Scholars Ministry of Education of China, and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities.

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