The multiplier and cohomology of Lie superalgebras

Abstract

In this paper, all (super)algebras are over a field $\mathbb{F}$ of characteristic different from $2,3$. We construct the so-called 5-sequences of cohomology for central extensions of a Lie superalgebra and prove that they are exact. Then we prove that the multipliers of a Lie superalgebra are isomorphic to the second cohomology group with coefficients in the trivial module for the Lie superalgebra under consideration.

20 pages