On the Locality of Formal Distributions Over Right-Symmetric and Novikov Algebras

Abstract

The Dong Lemma in the theory of vertex algebras states that the locality property of formal distributions over a Lie algebra is preserved under the action of a vertex operator. A similar statement is known for associative algebras. We study local formal distributions over pre-Lie (right-symmetric), pre-associative (dendriform), and Novikov algebras to show that the analogue of the Dong Lemma holds for Novikov algebras but does not hold for pre-Lie and pre-associative ones.

Keywords

• conformal algebra
• locality function
• pre-lie algebra
• novikov algebra