Cohomology of the Lie algebra of vector fields on some one-dimensional orbifold

E. Y. Volokitina

Izvestiya of Saratov University. Mathematics. Mechanics. Informatics, Tome 13 (2013) no. 3, pp. 14-28

Résumé

I. M. Gelfand and D. B. Fuchs have proved that the cohomology algebra of the Lie algebra of vector fields on the unit circle is isomorphic to the tensor product of the polynomial ring with one generator of degree two and the exterior algebra with one generator of degree three. In the present paper the cohomology of the Lie algebra of vector fields on the one-dimensional orbifold $S^1/\mathbb Z_2$ are studied. $S^1/\mathbb Z_2$ is the orbit space under the $\mathbb Z_2$ group action on the unit circle by reflection in the $Ox$ axis. It has been proved that the cohomology algebra of the Lie algebra of vector fields on the orbifold is isomorphic to the tensor product of the exterior algebra with two generators of degree one and the polynomial ring with one generator of degree two. To prove this result author used the Gelfand–Fuchs method with some modifications.