Abstract
Let  be the quaternion algebra. Let  be a complex Lie algebra and let  be the enveloping algebra of . The quaternification  of  is defined by the bracket  for  and the basis vectors X and Y of . Let  be the ( non-commutative) algebra of -valued smooth mappings over  and let . The Lie algebra structure on  is induced naturally from that of . We introduce a 2-cocycle on  by the aid of a tangential vector field on  and have the corresponding central extension . As a subalgebra of  we have the algebra of Laurent polynomial spinors  spanned by a complete orthogonal system of eigen spinors  of the tangential Dirac operator on . Then  is a Lie subalgebra of . We have the central extension  as a Lie-subalgebra of . Finally we have a Lie algebra  which is obtained by adding to  a derivation d which acts on  by the Euler vector field . That is the -vector space  endowed with the bracket  When  is a simple Lie algebra with its Cartan subalgebra  we shall investigate the weight space decomposition of  with respect to the subalgebra .
  Keywords:
                                                                    infinite dimensional lie algebras;                    current algebra;                    lie algebra extensions;                    quaternion analysis;                    81R10;                    17B65;                    17B67;                    22E67        MSC Classification:
                81R10; 17B65; 17B67; 22E67
            1. Introduction
The set of smooth mappings from a manifold to a Lie algebra has been a subject of investigation both from a purely mathematical standpoint and from quantum field theory. In quantum field theory they appear as a current algebra or an infinitesimal gauge transformation group. Loop algebras are the simplest example. Loop algebras and their representation theory have been fully worked out. A loop algebra valued in a simple Lie algebra or its complexification turned out to behave like a simple Lie algebra and the highly developed theory of finite dimensional Lie algebra was extended to such loop algebras. Loop algebras appear in the simplified model of quantum field theory where the space is one-dimensional and many important facts in the representation theory of loop algebra were first discovered by physicists. As is well known, A. Belavin et al. [] constructed two-dimensional conformal field theory based on the irreducible representations of Virasoro algebra. It turned out that in many applications to field theory one must deal with certain extensions of the associated loop algebra rather than the loop algebra itself. The central extension of a loop algebra is called an affine Lie algebra and the highest weight theory of finite dimensional Lie algebra was extended to this case. [,,,] are good references to study these subjects.
In this paper we shall investigate a generalization of affine Lie algebras to the Lie algebra of mappings from three-sphere  to a Lie algebra. As an affine Lie algebra is a central extension of the Lie algebra of smooth mappings from  to the complexification of a Lie algebra, so our objective is an extension of the Lie algebra of smooth mappings from  to the quaternification of a Lie algebra. As for the higher dimensional generalization of loop groups, J. Mickelsson introduced an abelian extension of current groups  for  []. It is related to the Chern-Simons function on the space of -connections and the associated current algebra  has an abelian extension  by the affine dual of the space  of connections over  []. In [] it was shown that, for any smooth manifold M and a simple Lie algebra , there is a universal central extension of the Lie algebra . The kernel of the extension is given by the space of complex valued 1-forms modulo exact 1-forms; . It implies that any extension is a weighted linear combination of extensions obtained as a pull back of the universal extension of the loop algebra  by a smooth loop . We are dealing with central extensions of the Lie algebra of smooth mappings from  to the quaternification of a Lie algebra. Now we shall give a brief explanation of each section.
Let  be the quaternion numbers. In this paper we shall denote a quaternion  by . This comes from the identification of  with the matrix algebra
      
      
        
      
      
      
      
     becomes an associative algebra and the Lie algebra structure  is induced on it. The trace of  is defined by . For  we have .
Let  be a complex Lie algebra. Let  be the enveloping algebra. The quaternification of  is defined as the vector space  endowed with the bracket
      
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
      for  and the basis vectors X and Y of . It extends the Lie algebra structure  to  . The quaternions  give also a half spinor representation of . That is,  gives an irreducible complex representation of the Clifford algebra : , and Δ decomposes into irreducible representations  of . Let  be the trivial even ( respectively odd ) spinor bundle. A section of spinor bundle is called a spinor. The space of even half spinors  is identified with the space . Now the space  becomes a Lie algebra with respect to the bracket:
	  
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
      for the basis vectors X and Y of  and . In the sequel we shall abbreviate the Lie bracket  simply to . Such an abbreviation will be often adopted for other Lie algebras.
Recall that the central extension of a loop algebra  is the Lie algebra  given by the bracket
      
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
      with the aid of the 2-cocycle , where  is a non-degenerate invariant symmetric bilinear form on , []. We shall give an analogous 2-cocycle on . Let θ be the vector field on  defined by
      
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
For , we put
      
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
Let  be the bilinear form given by
      
      
        
      
      
      
      
    c defines a 2-cocycle on the algebra . That is,  satisfies the following equations:
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
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We extend c to the 2-cocycle on  by
      
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
      where  is the non-degenerate invariant symmetric bilinear form on  extended to .
Let a be an indefinite element. The Lie algebra extension of  by the 2-cocycle c is the -vector space  endowed with the following bracket:
	  
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
      for the basis vectors X and Y of  and .
In Section 2 we shall review the theory of spinor analysis after [,]. Let  be the ( half spinor ) Dirac operator. Let  be the polar decomposition on  of the Dirac operator, where  is the tangential Dirac operator on  and  is the Clifford multiplication of the unit normal derivative on . The eigenvalues of  are given by , with multiplicity . We have an explicitly written formula for eigenspinors  corresponding to the eigenvalue  and  respectively and they give rise to a complete orthogonal system in . A spinor ϕ on a domain  is called a harmonic spinor on G if . Each  is extended to a harmonic spinor on , while each  is extended to a harmonic spinor on . Every harmonic spinor φ on  has a Laurent series expansion by the basis :
	  
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
If only finitely many coefficients are non-zero it is called a spinor of Laurent polynomial type. The algebra of spinors of Laurent polynomial type is denoted by .  is a subalgebra of  that is algebraically generated by , ,  and .
As a Lie subalgebra of ,  has the central extension by the 2-cocycle . That is, the -vector space  endowed with the Lie bracket Equation (6) becomes an extension of  with 1-dimensional center . Finally we shall construct the Lie algebra which is obtained by adding to  a derivation d which acts on  by the Euler vector field  on . The Euler vector field is by definition . We have the following fundamental property of the cocycle .
      
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
Let . We endow  with the bracket defined by
      
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
Then  is an extension of the Lie algebra  on which d acts as . In Section 4, when  is a simple Lie algebra with its Cartan subalgebra , we shall investigate the weight space decomposition of  with respect to the subalgebra , the latter is a commutative subalgebra and  acts on  diagonally. For this purpose we look at the representation of the adjoint action of  on the enveloping algebra . Let  be the root space decomposition of . Let  be the set of simple roots and  be the set of simple coroots. The Cartan matrix  is given by . Fix a standard set of generators , , , so that ,  and . We see that the set of weights of the representation  becomes
      
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
The weight space of  is by definition
      
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
      when . Then, given  , we have
      
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
The weight space decomposition becomes
      
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
Now we proceed to the representation . The dual space  of  can be regarded naturally as a subspace of . So  is seen to be a subset of . We define  by putting , , and . Then the set of weights  of the representation  is
      
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
The weight space decomposition of  is given by
      
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
Each weight space is given as follows
      
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
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2. Quaternification of a Lie Algebra
2.1. Quaternion Algebra
The quaternions  are formed from the real numbers  by adjoining three symbols  satisfying the identities:
		
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
A general quaternion is of the form  with . By taking  the complex numbers  are contained in  if we identify i as the usual complex number. Every quaternion x has a unique expression  with . This identifies  with  as -vector spaces. The quaternion multiplication will be from the right  where  with :
		
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
The multiplication of a  to  from the left yields an endomorphism in : . If we look on it under the identification  mentioned above we have the -linear map
        
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
This establishes the -linear isomorphism
        
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
        where we defined
        
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
The complex matrices corresponding to  are
        
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
These are the basis of the Lie algebra (2). Thus we have the identification of the following objects
        
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
The correspondence between the elements is given by
        
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
        where .
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        which is the rewritten formula of Equation (14) and the right-hand side is the first row of the matrix multiplication
        
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
It implies the Lie bracket of two vectors in , that becomes
        
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
These expressions are very convenient to develop the analysis on , and give an interpretation on the quaternion analysis by the language of spinor analysis.
Proposition 1. Let . Then the trace of  is given by
      
        
      
      
      
      
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The center of the Lie algebra  is , and Equation (19) says that  is the trivial central extension of .
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        we have the action of  on .
2.2. Lie Algebra Structure on
Let  be a complex Lie algebra. Let  be the enveloping algebra of . Let  and define the following bracket on  :
		
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
        for the basis vectors X and Y of  and .
By the quaternion number notation every element of  may be written as  with . Then the above definition is equivalent to
        
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
        where  is the complex conjugate of X.
Proposition 2. The bracket  defines a Lie algebra structure on  .
In fact the bracket defined in Equations (26) or (27) satisfies the antisymmetry equation and the Jacobi identity.
Definition 1. The Lie algebra  is called the quaternification of the Lie algebra .
3. Analysis on
In this section we shall review the analysis of the Dirac operator on . The general references are [,], and we follow the calculations developed in [,,].
3.1. Harmonic Polynomials
The Lie group SU(2) acts on  both from the right and from the left. Let dR(g) and dL(g) denote respectively the right and the left infinitesimal actions of the Lie algebra . We define the following vector fields on :
		
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
       where  is the normal basis of , Equation (18) . Each of the triple , , and , , gives a basis of the vector fields on the three sphere .
It is more convenient to introduce the following vector fields:
		
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
We have the commutation relations;
        
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
Both Lie algebras spanned by  and  are isomorphic to .
In the following we denote a function  of variables  simply by . For , and , we define the polynomials:
		
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
Then  and  are harmonic polynomials on ;
        
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
        where .
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Therefore the space of harmonic polynomials on  is decomposed by the right action of SU(2) into . Each  gives an (m + 1) dimensional irreducible representation of  with the highest weight , [].
We have the following relations.
        
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
3.2. Harmonic Spinors
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        Δ decomposes into irreducible representations  of . Let  be the trivial spinor bundle on . The corresponding bundle  ( resp.  ) is called the even ( resp. odd ) spinor bundle and the sections are called even ( resp. odd ) spinors. The set of even spinors or odd spinors on a set  is nothing but the smooth functions on M valued in :
		
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
The Dirac operator is defined by
        
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
        where  is the exterior differential and  is the bundle homomorphism coming from the Clifford multiplication. By means of the decomposition  the Dirac operator has the chiral decomposition:
		
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
We find that D and  have the following coordinate expressions;
        
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
        An even (resp. odd) spinor φ is called a harmonic spinor if  ( resp.  ).
We shall introduce a set of harmonic spinors which, restricted to , forms a complete orthonormal basis of .
Let ν and μ be vector fields on  defined by
        
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
Then the radial vector field is defined by
        
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
We shall denote by γ the Clifford multiplication of the radial vector , Equation (48). γ changes the chirality:
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
The matrix expression of γ becomes as follows:
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
In the sequel we shall write  (resp. ) for  (resp. ).
Proposition 4. The Dirac operators D and  have the following polar decompositions:
      
        
      
      
      
      
    where the tangential (nonchiral) Dirac operator  is given by
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
Proof. In the matrix expression Equation (46) of D and , we have  etc., and we have the desired formulas. ☐
The tangential Dirac operator on the sphere ;
        
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
        is a self adjoint elliptic differential operator.
We put, for  and ,
        
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
      
        
      
      
      
      
     is a harmonic spinor on  and  is a harmonic spinor on  that is regular at infinity.
From Proposition 3 we have the following.
Proposition 5. On  we have:
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
The eigenvalues of  are
      
        
      
      
      
      
    and the multiplicity of each eigenvalue is equal to .
The set of eigenspinors
      
        
      
      
      
      
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The constant for normalization of  is determined by the integral:
		
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
        where σ is the surface measure of the unit sphere :
		
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
3.3. Spinors of Laurent Polynomial Type
If φ is a harmonic spinor on  then we have the expansion
        
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
        that is uniformly convergent on any compact subset of . The coefficients  are given by the formula
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
        where  is the inner product of .
Lemma 1.
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
The formulas follow from Equation (59) if we take  and .
Definition 2.
- We call the series Equation (58) a spinor of Laurent polynomial type if only finitely many coefficients are non-zero . The space of spinors of Laurent polynomial type is denoted by .
 - For a spinor of Laurent polynomial type φ we call the vector the residue at 0 of φ.
 
We have the residue formula [].
        
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
Remark 1. To develop the spinor analysis on the 4-sphere  we patch two local coordinates  and  together by the inversion . This is a conformal transformation with the conformal weight . An even spinor on a subset  is a pair of  and  such that  for . Let φ be a spinor of Laurent polynomial type on . The coefficient  of φ and the coefficient  of  are related by the formula:
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
Proposition 6. The residue of  is related to the trace of , Lemma 1, by
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
3.4. Algebraic Generators of
In the following we show that  restricted to  becomes an algebra. The multiplication of two harmonic polynomials on  is not harmonic but its restriction to  is again the restriction to  of some harmonic polynomial. We shall see that this yields the fact that , restricted to , becomes an associative subalgebra of . Before we give the proof we look at examples that convince us of the necessity of the restriction to  .
Example 1.  is decomposed to the sum
      
        
      
      
      
      
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    See the table at the end of this subsection.
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- We have the product formula for the harmonic polynomials .for some rational numbers . See Lemma 4.1 of [].
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 - and are written by linear combinations of and .
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3.5. 2-Cocycle on
Let  be the set of smooth even spinors on . We define the Lie algebra structure on  after Equation (22), that is, for even spinors  and , we have the Lie bracket
        
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
For a , we put
        
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
Lemma 2. For any , we have
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
The second assertion follows from the fact
        
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
        for any function f on .
Proposition 7.
      
        
      
      
      
      
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Now we shall introduce a non-trivial 2-cocycle on  .
Definition 3. For  and , we put
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
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Proposition 8. c defines a non-trivial 2-cocycle on the algebra . That is, c satisfies the following equations:
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
And there is no 1-cochain b such that .
Proof. By Equation (68) and the Leibnitz rule Equation (67) we have
        
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
Hence
        
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
The following calculation proves Equation (72).
        
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
Suppose now that c is the coboundary of a 1-cochain . Then
        
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
        for any . Take  and  . Then , so . But . Therefore c can not be a coboundary. ☐
3.6. Calculations of the 2-Cocycle on the Basis
We shall calculate the values of 2-cocycles c for the basis  of . First we have a lemma that is useful for the following calculations.
Lemma 3.
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Lemma 4.
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By the above lemma we obtain the value of . The others follow similarly. ☐
3.7. Radial Derivative on
We define the following operator  on :
		
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
For an even spinor  we put
        
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
Note that if  then .
Proposition 9.
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Proof. The Formula Equation (79) follows from the Definition Equation (50). The last assertion follows from the fact that the coefficient of  in the Laurent expansion of  vanishes. ☐
Definition 4 . Let  be the subspace of  consisting of those elements that are of homogeneous order N: .
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Equation (80) implies that the eigenvalues of  on  are  and  is the space of eigenspinors for the eigenvalue .
Example
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
Proposition 10.
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
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4. Extensions of the Lie Algebra
In this section we shall construct a central extension for the 3-dimensional loop algebra  associated to the above 2-cocycle c, and the central extension of  induced from it. Then we shall give the second central extension by adding a derivative to the first extension that acts as the radial derivation.
4.1. Extension of
From Proposition 2 we see that  endowed with the following bracket  becomes a Lie algebra.
        
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
        for the basis vectors X and Y of  and  .
We take the non-degenerate invariant symmetric bilinear -valued form  on  and extend it to . For  and  written by the basis  of ,  is defined by
        
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
Then we define a -valued 2-cocycle on the Lie algebra  by
        
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
The 2-cocycle property follows from the fact  and Proposition 8.
Let a be an indefinite number. There is an extension of the Lie algebra  by the 1-dimensional center  associated to the cocycle c. Explicitly, we have the following theorem.
Theorem 5. The -vector space
      
        
      
      
      
      
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    for the basis vectors X and Y of  and .
As a Lie subalgebra of  we have .
Definition 6 We denote by  the extension of the Lie algebra  by the 1-dimensional center  associated to the cocycle c:
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
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    for  and .
4.2. Extension of by the Derivation
We introduced the radial derivative  acting on .  preserves the space of spinors of Laurent polynomial type . The derivation  on  is extended to a derivation of the Lie algebra  by
        
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
In fact we have from Equation (78)
        
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
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Since  from Proposition 10 we have
        
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
Thus  is a derivation that acts on the Lie algebra .
We denote by  the Lie algebra that is obtained by adjoining a derivation d to  which acts on  as  and which kills a. More explicitly we have the following
Theorem 7. Let a and  be indefinite elements. We consider the  vector space:
      
        
      
      
      
      
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Then  becomes a Lie algebra.
Proof. It is enough to prove the following Jacobi identity:
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
In the following we shall abbreviate the bracket  simply to . We have
        
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
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The sum of three equations vanishes by virtue of Equation (78) and Proposition 10. ☐
Remember from Definition 4 that  denotes the subspace in  generated by the products  with each  being  or , , such that
        
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
Proposition 11. The centralizer of  in  is given by
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
The proposition follows from Equation (80) .
5. Structure of
5.1. The Weight Space Decomposition of
Let  be a simple Lie algebra. Let  be a Cartan subalgebra of  and  be the root space decomposition with the root space . Here  is the set of roots and . Let  be the set of simple roots and  be the set of simple coroots. The Cartan matrix  is given by . Fix a standard set of generators , , , so that ,  and . Let  be the set of positive (respectively negative) roots of  and put
        
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
Then . The enveloping algebra  of  has the direct sum decomposition:
		
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
In the following we summarize the known results on the representation  [,]. The set
        
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
       forms a basis of the enveloping algebra . The adjoint action of  is extended to that on :
      
        
      
      
      
      
     is called a weight of the representation  if there exists a non-zero  such that  for all  . Let Σ be the set of weights of the representation . The weight space for the weight λ is by definition
        
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
Let , . For any ,
        
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
        gives a weight vector with the weight ; . Conversely any weight λ may be written in the form , though the coefficients  are not uniquely determined.
Lemma 5.
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5.2. Weight Space Decomposition of
In the following we shall investigate the Lie algebra structure of
        
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
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        for the basis vectors X and Y of . Since  we identify  with . Thus we look  as a Lie subalgebra of :
		
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
        and we shall write  simply as X.
Let
        
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
We write  with  and . For any ,  and , it holds that
        
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
Then the adjoint action of  on  is written as follows
        
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
        for .
An element λ of the dual space  of  can be regarded as an element of  by putting
        
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
So  is seen to be a subset of . We define the elements  by
        
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
Then the set  forms a basis of . Similarly Σ is a subset of .
Since  is a commutative subalgebra of ,  is decomposed into a direct sum of the simultaneous eigenspaces of , .
For , , , we put,
        
      
        
      
      
      
      
    λ is called a weight of  if .  is called the weight space of .
Let  denote the set of weights of the representation .
Theorem 8.
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Proof. First we prove the second assertion. Let  for a , , and let  for a . We have, for any ,
        
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
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Therefore we have .
Conversely, for a given  and a , we shall show that ξ has the form  with  and  . Let  for ,  and . ϕ is decomposed to the sum
        
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
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        for any . From the assumption we have
        
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
Comparing the above two equations we have , and  for all n except for . Therefore . We also have  for all . Hence  and . We have proved
        
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
The proof of the third assertion is also carried out by the same argument as above if we revise it for the case  . The above discussion yields the first and the fourth assertions. ☐
Proposition 12. We have the following relations:
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Proof. Let  and . Then we have, for ,
        
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
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        for any . Therefore
        
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
The same calculation for  and  yields
        
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
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5.3. Generators of
Let  be the set of simple roots and  be the set of simple coroots. , , , denote the Chevalley generators;
        
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
Let  be the Cartan matrix of ; .
By the natural embedding of  in  we have the vectors
        
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
It is easy to verify the relations:
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
We have obtained a part of generators of  that come naturally from .
We recall that for an affine Lie algebra  there is a special Chevalley generator coming from the irreducible representation spaces  of the simple Lie algebra . Let θ be the highest root of  and suppose that  and  satisfy the relations  and , then we have a Chevalley generator  for the subalgebra  and adding d we have the Chevalley generators of the affine Lie algebra [,,]. In the sequel we shall do a similar observation for our Lie algebra . We put
        
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
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Lemma 6.
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Then we have the generators of  that are given by the following three tuples:
		
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
These three tuples satisfy the following relations.
Proposition 13.
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Acknowledgments
A résumé of these results has appeared in []. The present article is devoted to the explanation of these results with detailed proof. The authors would like to express their thanks to Yasushi Homma of Waseda University for his valuable objections to the early version of this paper.
Author Contributions
Tosiaki Kori and Yuto Imai wrote the paper.
Conflicts of Interest
The authors declare no conflict of interest.
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