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differential -- make the derivation defined by the differential

Synopsis

Description

If the current Lie algebra has no differential, then 0 is returned.

i1 : L=lieAlgebra({a,b},Signs=>{1,0},Weights=>{{2,0},{2,1}},
         LastWeightHomological=>true)

o1 = L

o1 : LieAlgebra
i2 : L=differentialLieAlgebra{0_L,a}

o2 = L

o2 : LieAlgebra
i3 : d=differential(L)

o3 = d

o3 : LieDerivation
i4 : d b b a

o4 = (3/2)(b a a)

o4 : L

See also

For the programmer

The object differential is a function closure.