Makhlouf–Silvestrov conjecture for infinitesimal deformations of sl2\mathfrak{sl}_2

Let (V,[,]0)sl2(K)(V,[\cdot,\cdot]_0)\cong\mathfrak{sl}_2(\mathbb K) and set α0=idV\alpha_0=\mathrm{id}_V. Suppose that

[,]t=[,]0+t[,]1,αt=α0+tα1[\cdot,\cdot]_t=[\cdot,\cdot]_0+t[\cdot,\cdot]_1,\qquad \alpha_t=\alpha_0+t\alpha_1

define an infinitesimal Hom--Lie deformation over K[t]/(t2)\mathbb K[t]/(t^2), meaning that (VKK[t]/(t2),[,]t,αt)(V\otimes_{\mathbb K}\mathbb K[t]/(t^2),[\cdot,\cdot]_t,\alpha_t) is a Hom--Lie algebra. Assume in addition that (V,[,]0,α1)(V,[\cdot,\cdot]_0,\alpha_1) is a Hom--Lie algebra.

Makhlouf--Silvestrov conjecture. The resulting Hom--Lie algebra (V,[,]t,αt)(V,[\cdot,\cdot]_t,\alpha_t) is in fact a Lie algebra: the bracket [,]t[\cdot,\cdot]_t satisfies the ordinary Jacobi identity.

This conjecture concerns whether the additional Hom--Lie condition on the first-order twisting rules out genuinely non-Lie infinitesimal deformations of sl2(K)\mathfrak{sl}_2(\mathbb K). It was formulated from computer-algebra evidence, which found only examples whose brackets satisfied the ordinary Jacobi identity; its resolution is not established in the supplied source.

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Primary source

Haoran Zhu, “Infinitesimal deformations of sl_2 with a twisted Jacobi identity”, arXiv:2603.20793 (2026).

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