Lie algebras of smooth sections

Abstract

Lie algebras of smooth sections are Lie algebras obtained from bundles of Lie algebras, where the latter are vector bundles of which the fibers are Lie algebras. We also consider the $\operatorname{C}^k$-sections for $k \in \mathbb{N}$. This paper studies the derivations, the centroid and the isomorphisms of such Lie algebras and generalizes some facts from Pierre Lecomte's publications in 1979 and 1980 to the case where the fiber is perfect or centerfree and it gives some more explicit proofs.