Virasoro extensions for diffeomorphisms with breaks
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| author | Izosimov, Anton Khesin, Boris Xiao, Howard |
| author_facet | Izosimov, Anton Khesin, Boris Xiao, Howard |
| contents | We study homeomorphisms of the circle that are smooth diffeomorphisms away from a finite set of $n$ points. These "broken diffeomorphisms" do not form a Lie group, but instead naturally assemble into a Lie groupoid. We construct an explicit nontrivial $n$-dimensional central extension of this groupoid, which restricts to the classical Virasoro group when confined to smooth diffeomorphisms. We further describe the associated "broken Virasoro" algebroid, defined as a nontrivial $n$-dimensional central extension of the Lie algebroid of vector fields on the circle that are smooth except at $n$ points. This construction generalizes the Virasoro algebra.
As a byproduct, we analyze a related setting on an interval: we construct a nontrivial central extension of the Lie algebra of vector fields vanishing at the endpoints, together with the corresponding central extension of the group of diffeomorphisms fixing the endpoints. We also describe the associated Lie algebroid and groupoid obtained by allowing the endpoints to vary. |
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| spellingShingle | Virasoro extensions for diffeomorphisms with breaks Izosimov, Anton Khesin, Boris Xiao, Howard Differential Geometry Mathematical Physics Representation Theory We study homeomorphisms of the circle that are smooth diffeomorphisms away from a finite set of $n$ points. These "broken diffeomorphisms" do not form a Lie group, but instead naturally assemble into a Lie groupoid. We construct an explicit nontrivial $n$-dimensional central extension of this groupoid, which restricts to the classical Virasoro group when confined to smooth diffeomorphisms. We further describe the associated "broken Virasoro" algebroid, defined as a nontrivial $n$-dimensional central extension of the Lie algebroid of vector fields on the circle that are smooth except at $n$ points. This construction generalizes the Virasoro algebra. As a byproduct, we analyze a related setting on an interval: we construct a nontrivial central extension of the Lie algebra of vector fields vanishing at the endpoints, together with the corresponding central extension of the group of diffeomorphisms fixing the endpoints. We also describe the associated Lie algebroid and groupoid obtained by allowing the endpoints to vary. |
| title | Virasoro extensions for diffeomorphisms with breaks |
| topic | Differential Geometry Mathematical Physics Representation Theory |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.07682 |