Manin triples and non-degenerate anti-symmetric bilinear forms on Lie superalgebras in characteristic $2$

Abstract

In this paper, we introduce and develop the notion of a Manin triple for a Lie superalgebra $\mathfrak{g}$ defined over a field of characteristic $p=2$. We find cohomological necessary conditions for the pair $(\mathfrak{g},{\mathfrak{g}}^{\ast })$ to form a Manin triple. We introduce the concept of Lie bi-superalgebras for $p=2$ and establish a link between Manin triples and Lie bi-superalgebras. In particular, we study Manin triples defined by a classical $r$-matrix with an extra condition (called an admissible classical $r$-matrix). A particular case is examined where $\mathfrak{g}$ has an even invariant non-degenerate bilinear form. In this case, admissible $r$-matrices can be obtained inductively through the process of double extensions. In addition, we introduce the notion of double extensions of Manin triples, and show how to get a new Manin triple from an existing one.

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