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Infinite dimensional super Lie groups

James Cook, Ronald Fulp

math-pharXiv:math-ph/0610061

Abstract

A super Lie group is a group whose operations are G∞ mappings in the sense of Rogers. Thus the underlying supermanifold possesses an atlas whose transition functions are G∞ functions. Moreover the images of our charts are open subsets of a graded infinite-dimensional Banach space since our space of supernumbers is a Banach Grassmann algebra with a countably infinite set of generators. In this context, we prove that if is a closed, split sub-super Lie algebra of the super Lie algebra of a super Lie group , then is the super Lie algebra of a sub-super Lie group of . Additionally, we show that if is a Banach super Lie algebra satisfying certain natural conditions, then there is a super Lie group such that the even part of is the even part of the super Lie algebra of . In general, the module structure on is required to obtain , but the "structure constants" involving the odd part of can not be recovered without further restrictions. We also show that if is a closed sub-super Lie group of a super Lie group , then / is a principal fiber bundle. Finally, we show that if is a graded Lie algebra over C, then there is a super Lie group whose super Lie algebra is the Grassmann shell of . We also briefly relate our theory to techniques used in the physics literature.

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