維拉宿代數可以被認為是以下Witt 代數 的 中心拓展 :
[
l
m
,
l
n
]
=
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m
−
n
)
l
m
+
n
{\displaystyle [l_{m},l_{n}]=(m-n)l_{m+n}}
,
[
l
¯
m
,
l
¯
n
]
=
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m
−
n
)
l
¯
m
+
n
{\displaystyle [{\bar {l}}_{m},{\bar {l}}_{n}]=(m-n){\bar {l}}_{m+n}}
,
[
l
m
,
l
¯
n
]
=
0
{\displaystyle [l_{m},{\bar {l}}_{n}]=0}
.
對於一李代數
g
{\displaystyle \ {\bf {g}}}
, 其在複數域
C
{\displaystyle \ {\bf {C}}}
的 central extension
g
~
{\displaystyle \ {\tilde {g}}}
滿足下列交換子 :
[
x
~
,
y
~
]
g
~
=
[
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,
y
]
g
+
c
p
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,
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,
{\displaystyle [{\tilde {x}},{\tilde {y}}]_{\tilde {g}}=[x,y]_{g}+cp(x,y),}
[
x
~
,
c
]
g
~
=
0
,
{\displaystyle [{\tilde {x}},c]_{\tilde {g}}=0,}
[
c
,
c
]
g
~
=
0
,
{\displaystyle [c,c]_{\tilde {g}}=0,}
其中
x
~
,
y
~
∈
g
~
,
x
,
y
∈
g
,
c
∈
C
,
p
:
g
~
×
g
~
→
C
{\displaystyle \ {\tilde {x}},{\tilde {y}}\in {\tilde {g}},x,y\in g,c\in {\bf {C}},p:{\tilde {g}}\times {\tilde {g}}\rightarrow {\bf {C}}}
. 由此定義, 維拉宿代數的生成元滿足以下交換子
[
L
m
,
L
n
]
=
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m
−
n
)
L
m
+
n
+
c
p
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m
,
n
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{\displaystyle [L_{m},L_{n}]=(m-n)L_{m+n}+cp(m,n)}
.
p
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m
,
n
)
{\displaystyle p(m,n)}
可以由以下條件決定:
交換子必須是反對易的, 所以
p
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m
,
n
)
=
−
p
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n
,
m
)
{\displaystyle p(m,n)=-p(n,m)}
可以觀察到, 如果定義以下生成元
L
^
n
=
L
n
+
c
p
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n
,
0
)
n
,
n
≠
0
{\displaystyle {\hat {L}}_{n}=L_{n}+{\frac {cp(n,0)}{n}},n\neq 0}
L
^
0
=
L
0
+
c
p
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1
,
−
1
)
2
,
{\displaystyle {\hat {L}}_{0}=L_{0}+{\frac {cp(1,-1)}{2}},}
它們滿足
[
L
^
n
,
L
^
0
]
=
n
L
n
+
c
p
(
n
,
0
)
=
n
L
^
n
,
{\displaystyle [{\hat {L}}_{n},{\hat {L}}_{0}]=nL_{n}+cp(n,0)=n{\hat {L}}_{n},}
[
L
^
1
,
L
^
−
1
]
=
2
L
0
+
c
p
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1
,
−
1
)
=
2
L
^
0
.
{\displaystyle [{\hat {L}}_{1},{\hat {L}}_{-1}]=2L_{0}+cp(1,-1)=2{\hat {L}}_{0}.}
比較函數
p
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m
,
n
)
{\displaystyle p(m,n)}
的定義可以得知,
p
(
1
,
−
1
)
{\displaystyle p(1,-1)}
與
p
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n
,
0
)
{\displaystyle p(n,0)}
總是可以被設為0.
0
=
[
[
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m
,
L
n
]
,
L
0
]
+
[
[
L
n
,
L
0
]
,
L
m
]
+
[
[
L
0
,
L
m
]
,
L
n
]
{\displaystyle \ 0=[[L_{m},L_{n}],L_{0}]+[[L_{n},L_{0}],L_{m}]+[[L_{0},L_{m}],L_{n}]}
=
(
m
−
n
)
c
p
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,
0
)
+
n
c
p
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m
)
−
m
c
p
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n
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{\displaystyle \ =(m-n)cp(m+n,0)+ncp(n,m)-mcp(m,n)}
=
(
m
+
n
)
p
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n
,
m
)
{\displaystyle \ =(m+n)p(n,m)}
所以
p
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n
,
m
)
=
0
{\displaystyle p(n,m)=0}
如果
n
≠
−
m
{\displaystyle n\neq -m}
, 即唯一的非零 central extension為
p
(
n
,
−
n
)
{\displaystyle p(n,-n)}
且
|
n
|
>=
2
{\displaystyle |n|>=2}
.
0
=
[
[
L
−
n
+
1
,
L
n
]
,
L
−
1
]
+
[
[
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n
,
L
−
1
]
,
L
−
n
+
1
]
+
[
[
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−
1
,
L
−
n
+
1
]
,
L
n
]
{\displaystyle \ 0=[[L_{-n+1},L_{n}],L_{-1}]+[[L_{n},L_{-1}],L_{-n+1}]+[[L_{-1},L_{-n+1}],L_{n}]}
=
(
−
2
n
+
1
)
c
p
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1
,
−
1
)
+
(
n
+
1
)
c
p
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1
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−
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+
1
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+
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n
−
1
)
c
p
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−
n
,
n
)
{\displaystyle \ =(-2n+1)cp(1,-1)+(n+1)cp(n-1,-n+1)+(n-1)cp(-n,n)}
可知
p
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m
,
n
)
{\displaystyle p(m,n)}
滿足以下遞推公式
p
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n
,
−
n
)
=
n
+
1
n
−
2
p
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−
1
,
−
n
+
1
)
{\displaystyle \ p(n,-n)={\frac {n+1}{n-2}}p(n-1,-n+1)}
=
n
+
1
n
−
2
n
n
−
3
p
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n
−
2
,
−
n
+
2
)
{\displaystyle \ ={\frac {n+1}{n-2}}{\frac {n}{n-3}}p(n-2,-n+2)}
=...
=
n
+
1
n
−
2
n
n
−
3
.
.
.
4
1
p
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2
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−
2
)
{\displaystyle \ ={\frac {n+1}{n-2}}{\frac {n}{n-3}}...{\frac {4}{1}}p(2,-2)}
=
(
n
+
1
3
)
1
2
{\displaystyle \ ={n+1 \choose 3}{\frac {1}{2}}}
=
1
12
(
n
+
1
)
n
(
n
−
1
)
,
{\displaystyle \ ={\frac {1}{12}}(n+1)n(n-1),}
其中歸一化條件為
p
(
2
,
−
2
)
=
1
2
{\displaystyle p(2,-2)={\frac {1}{2}}}
.綜上所述, Witt algebra在複數域唯一非零的central extension, 即維拉宿代數的生成元滿足以下交換子
[
L
m
,
L
n
]
=
(
m
−
n
)
L
m
+
n
+
c
1
12
(
n
+
1
)
n
(
n
−
1
)
δ
m
+
n
,
0
{\displaystyle [L_{m},L_{n}]=(m-n)L_{m+n}+c{\frac {1}{12}}(n+1)n(n-1)\delta _{m+n,0}}
.