The second cohomology structure conjecture for differential operators on differential forms

Let Vect(Rn)\mathrm{Vect}(\mathbb R^n) be the Lie algebra of vector fields on Rn\mathbb R^n, let Ω(Rn)\Omega(\mathbb R^n) denote the space of differential forms, and let Dk,{\mathcal D}^{k,\ell} be the space of differential operators from kk-forms to \ell-forms. The second cohomology is H2(Vect(Rn);Dk,)H^2(\mathrm{Vect}(\mathbb R^n);{\mathcal D}^{k,\ell}). Second cohomology structure conjecture. The space of second cohomology has the structure

H2(Vect(Rn);Dk,)={R,=k+1,R2,=k+2,R,=k+3,0,otherwise,H^2(\mathrm{Vect}(\mathbb R^n);{\mathcal D}^{k,\ell})= \left\{ \begin{array}{ll} \mathbb R,& \ell=k+1,\\ \mathbb R^2,& \ell=k+2,\\ \mathbb R,& \ell=k+3,\\ 0,& \text{otherwise}, \end{array} \right.

and is spanned by the 22-cocycles γ1k\gamma^k_1, γ2k\gamma^k_2, γ~2k\widetilde{\gamma}^k_2 and γ3k\gamma^k_3 given by the formulas referred to in the source. This conjecture seeks a complete description of the second cohomology ring's degree-two part; the surrounding text notes that only the first cohomology was previously completely known and that the displayed cocycles provide a lower bound for the second cohomology.

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B. Agrebaoui, M. Ben Ammar, N. Ben Fraj and V. Ovsienko, “Deformations of modules of differential forms”, arXiv:math/0310494 (2003).

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