It is shown how the universal enveloping algebra of a Lie algebra can be obtained as a formal deformation of the Kirillov-Souriau Poisson algebra of smooth functions on the dual of . This deformation process may be viewed as a “quantization” in the sense of F. Bayen, M. Flato, C. Fronsdal, A. Lichnerowicz and D. Sternheimer [Ann. Phys. 111, 61-110 (1978; Zbl 0377.53024) and ibid., 111-151 (1978; Zbl 0377.53025)]. The result presented is a somewhat more elaborate version of earlier findings by S. Gutt [Lett. Math. Phys. 7, 249-258 (1983; Zbl 0522.58019)] and V. G. Drinfel’d [Sov. Math., Dokl. 28, 667-671 (1983); translation from Dokl. Akad. Nauk SSSR 273, No. 3, 531-535 (1983; Zbl 0553.58038)].
@article{701507, title = {Universal enveloping algebras and quantization}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the Winter School "Geometry and Physics"}, series = {GDML\_Books}, publisher = {Circolo Matematico di Palermo}, address = {Palermo}, year = {1993}, pages = {[65]-70}, mrnumber = {MR1246621}, zbl = {0792.58020}, url = {http://dml.mathdoc.fr/item/701507} }
Grabowski, Janusz. Universal enveloping algebras and quantization, dans Proceedings of the Winter School "Geometry and Physics", GDML_Books, (1993), pp. [65]-70. http://gdmltest.u-ga.fr/item/701507/