L(Infinity) Structures on Spaces of Low Dimension
| dc.contributor.advisor | Kailash Misra, Committee Member | en_US |
| dc.contributor.advisor | Ron Fulp, Committee Member | en_US |
| dc.contributor.advisor | Jim Stasheff, Committee Member | en_US |
| dc.contributor.advisor | Tom Lada, Committee Chair | en_US |
| dc.contributor.author | Daily, Marilyn Elizabeth | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2010-04-02T19:10:56Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2010-04-02T19:10:56Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2004-04-14 | en_US |
| dc.degree.discipline | Mathematics | en_US |
| dc.degree.level | dissertation | en_US |
| dc.degree.name | PhD | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | L(Infinity) structures are natural generalizations of Lie algebras, which need satisfy the standard graded Jacobi identity only up to homotopy. They have also been a subject of recent interest in physics, where they occur in closed string theory and in gauge theory. This dissertation classifies all possible L(Infinity) structures which can be constructed on a Z-graded (characteristic 0) vector space of dimension three or less. It also includes necessary and sufficient conditions under which a space with an L(3) structure is a differential graded Lie algebra. Additionally, it is shown that some of these differential graded Lie algebras possess a nontrivial L(n) structure for higher n. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.other | etd-04132004-155423 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/resolver/1840.16/5282 | |
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| dc.subject | homotopy Lie algebras | en_US |
| dc.title | L(Infinity) Structures on Spaces of Low Dimension | en_US |
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