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Local derivations on Witt algebras

Yang ChenMathematics Postdoctoral Research Center, Hebei Normal UniversityKaiming ZhaoDepartment of Mathematics, Wilfrid Laurier UniversityYueqiang ZhaoSchool of Mathematical Sciences, Hebei Normal University
2020en
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In this paper, we prove that every local derivation on Witt algebras Wn,Wn+ or Wn++ is a derivation for any n∈N. As a consequence we obtain that every local derivation on a centerless generalized Virasoro algebra of higher rank is a derivation.

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