Calin Popescu
On the homology of free Lie algebras

Comment.Math.Univ.Carolinae 39,4 (1998) 661-669.

Abstract:Given a principal ideal domain $R$ of characteristic zero, containing $1/2$, and a connected differential non-negatively graded free finite type $R$-module $V$, we prove that the natural arrow $ \Bbb {L} {F\kern -0.8pt H}(V) \rightarrow {F\kern -0.8pt H} \Bbb {L} (V)$ is an isomorphism of graded Lie algebras over $R$, and deduce thereby that the natural arrow ${U\kern -1pt F\kern -0.8pt H}\Bbb {L} (V) \rightarrow {F\kern -0.8pt H\kern -0.4pt U} \Bbb {L} (V)$ is an isomorphism of graded cocommutative Hopf algebras over $R$; as usual, $F$ stands for free part, $H$ for homology, $\Bbb {L}$ for free Lie algebra, and $U$ for universal enveloping algebra. Related facts and examples are also considered.

Keywords: differential graded Lie algebra, free Lie algebra on a differential graded module, universal enveloping algebra
AMS Subject Classification: 17B55, 17B01, 17B70, 17B35

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