arXiv · 2510.02145
Wronskians as $N$-ary brackets in finite-dimensional analogues of $sl(2)$
Abstract
The Wronskian determinants (for coefficients of higher-order differential operators on the affine real line or circle) satisfy the table of Jacobi-type quadratic identities for strong homotopy Lie algebras -- i.e. for a particular case of $L_\infty$-deformations -- for the Lie algebra of vector fields on that one-dimensional affine manifold. We show that the standard realisation of $\mathfrak{sl}(2)$ by quadratic-coefficient vector fields is the bottom structure in a sequence of finite-dimensional polynomial algebras $\Bbbk_N[x]$ with the Wronskians as $N$-ary brackets; the structure constants are calculated explicitly. Key words: Wronskian determinant, $N$-ary bracket, $L_\infty$-\/algebra, strong homotopy Lie algebra, $sl(2)$, Witt algebra, Vandermonde determinant.
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Arthemy V. Kiselev. 2025-10-02. Wronskians as $N$-ary brackets in finite-dimensional analogues of $sl(2)$. https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596%2F3152%2F1%2F012044
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