A 2-plectic form ω on a Lie algebra is a 3-form on the algebra such that it is closed and non-degenerate in the sense that, for every non-zero x, the bilinear form ω(x, ·, ·) is not identically zero. We will study the existence of 2-plectic structures on the so-called quadratic Lie algebras, which are Lie algebras admitting an ad-invariant pseudo-Euclidean product. It is well-known that every centreless quadratic Lie algebra admits a 2-plectic form but not many quadratic examples with non-trivial centre are known. We give several constructions to obtain large families of 2-plectic quadratic Lie algebras with non-trivial centre, many of them among the class of nilpotent Lie algebras. We give some sufficient conditions to assure that certain extensions of 2-plectic quadratic Lie algebras result to be 2-plectic as well. For instance, we show that oscillator algebras can be naturally endowed with 2-plectic structures. We prove that every quadratic and symplectic Lie algebra with dimension greater than 4 also admits a 2-plectic form. Further, conditions to assure that one may find a 2-plectic which is exact on certain quadratic Lie algebras are obtained.
This video is part of the European Non-Associative Algebra Seminar series.
