Deformations and abelian extensions of compatible pre-Lie algebras

In this paper, first, we give the notion of a compatible pre-Lie algebra and its representation. We study the relation between compatible Lie algebras and compatible pre-Lie algebras. We also construct a new bidifferential graded Lie algebra whose Maurer-Cartan elements are compatible pre-Lie structures. We give the bidifferential graded Lie algebra which controls deformations of a compatible pre-Lie algebra. Then, we introduce a cohomology of a compatible pre-Lie algebra with coefficients in itself. We study infinitesimal deformations of compatible pre-Lie algebras and show that equivalent infinitesimal deformations are in the same second cohomology group. We further give the notion of a Nijenhuis operator on a compatible pre-Lie algebra. We study formal deformations of compatible pre-Lie algebras. If the second cohomology group H2(g; g) is trivial, then the compatible pre-Lie algebra is rigid. Finally, we give a cohomology of a compatible pre-Lie algebra with coefficients in arbitrary representation and study abelian extensions of compatible pre-Lie algebras using this cohomology. We show that abelian extensions are classified by the second cohomology group. (c) 2024 Elsevier B.V. All rights are reserved, including those for text and data mining, AI training, and similar technologies.