Lie Conformal Algebra Cohomology and the Variational Complex

We find an interpretation of the complex of variational calculus in terms of the Lie conformal algebra cohomology theory. This leads to a better understanding of both theories. In par- ticular, we give an explicit construction of the Lie conformal algebra cohomology complex, and endow it with a s...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: De Sole, Alberto, Kac, Victor
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mathematics
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: Springer Berlin / Heidelberg 2011
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/64401
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2860-7811