Weil algebra

The term "Weil algebra" is also sometimes used to mean a finite-dimensional real local Artinian ring.

In mathematics, the Weil algebra of a Lie algebra g, introduced by Cartan (1951) based on unpublished work of André Weil, is a differential graded algebra given by the Koszul algebra Λ(g*)⊗S(g*) of its dual g*.

References

• Cartan, Henri (1951), "Notions d'algèbre différentielle; application aux groupes de Lie et aux variétés où opère un groupe de Lie", Colloque de topologie (espaces fibrés), Bruxelles, 1950, Georges Thone, Liège, pp. 15–27  Reprinted in (Guillemin Sternberg)
• Guillemin, Victor W.; Sternberg, Shlomo (1999), Supersymmetry and equivariant de Rham theory, Mathematics Past and Present, Berlin, New York: Springer-Verlag, ISBN 978-3-540-64797-3