Tensor Products and Crossed Differential Graded Lie Algebras in the Category of Crossed Complexes

Abstract

The study of algebraic structures endowed with the concept of symmetry is made possible by the link between Lie algebras and symmetric monoidal categories. This relationship between Lie algebras and symmetric monoidal categories is useful and has resulted in many areas, including algebraic topology, representation theory, and quantum physics. In this paper, we present analogous definitions for Lie algebras within the framework of whiskered structures, bimorphisms, crossed complexes, crossed differential graded algebras, and tensor products. These definitions, given for groupoids in existing literature, have been adapted to establish a direct correspondence between these algebraic structures and Lie algebras. We show that a 2-truncation of the crossed differential graded Lie algebra, obtained from our adapted definitions, gives rise to a braided crossed module of Lie algebras. We also construct a functor to simplicial Lie algebras, enabling a systematic mapping between different Lie algebraic categories, which supports the validity of our adapted definitions and establishes their compatibility with established categories.