Center and Lie algebra of outer derivations for algebras of differential operators associated to hyperplane arrangements

Abstract

We compute the center and the Lie algebra of outer derivations of a familiy of algebras of differential operators associated to hyperplane arrangements of the affine space A 3. The results are completed for 4-braid arrangements and for reflection arrangements associated to the wreath product of a cyclic group with the symmetric group S 3. To achieve this we use tools from homological algebra and Lie-Rinehart algebras of differential operators.