Weil Reciprocity Law and the Theorem of Residues

Abstract

This paper shows how the Theorem of Residues (TR) and the Gelfand-Fuchs cocycle can be deduced in a simple way from the Weil Reciprocity Law (WRL). Indeed, if one understand WRL as the triviality of certain extension of groups, then TR is the same statement at the level of Lie algebras. Finally, the Gelfand-Fuchs cocycle can also be obtained in this way.