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Now, this does not quite reflect the situation in the case developed above; $\omega$ defined as the first derivative is zero, since the parameter $\lambda$ occurs to different order in the continuation of the representation and the Lie algebra structure. Suppose then that

ddλ[X,Y]λ=0=0for X,YG. \frac{d}{d\lambda} [X, Y]|_{\lambda=0} = 0 \quad \text{for } X, Y \in G.

Define now

ω2(X,Y)=d2dλ2[X,Y]λ=0for X,YG. \omega_2(X, Y) = \frac{d^2}{d\lambda^2} [X, Y]|_{\lambda=0} \quad \text{for } X, Y \in G.

Since the first derivations are zero, it is readily seen that $\omega_2$ so defined also satisfies the cocycle condition. Then,

dθ=0, d\theta = 0,

i.e., $\theta$ itself is a cocycle. Let

θ2(X)=d2dλ2φλ(X)λ=0. \theta_2(X) = \frac{d^2}{d\lambda^2} \varphi_\lambda(X)|_{\lambda=0}.

Differentiating (5.4) twice gives now:

θ2([X,Y])+φω(X,Y)=[θ2(X),φ(Y)]+[φ(X),θ2(Y)]+2[θ1(X),θ1(Y)]. \begin{aligned} & \theta_2([X, Y]) + \varphi\omega(X, Y) \\ &= [\theta_2(X), \varphi(Y)] + [\varphi(X), \theta_2(Y)] + 2[\theta_1(X), \theta_1(Y)]. \end{aligned}

This can be rewritten as

dθ2(X,Y)+φω(X,Y)=2[θ1(X),θ1(Y)]. -d\theta_2(X, Y) + \varphi\omega(X, Y) = 2[\theta_1(X), \theta_1(Y)].

Now, the right-hand side obviously is a two-cocycle in $C^2(\varphi')$ since the left-hand side is such a cocycle. Let us denote this cocycle by

[θ1,θ1]. [\theta_1, \theta_1].

(This operation is discussed in the review article by NIJENHUIS and RICHARDSON [6]. It turns out to depend only on the cohomology class determined by $\theta_1$ in $H^1(\varphi')$). Then, we can write the relation as:

φω=dθ2+2[θ1,θ1] \varphi\omega = d\theta_2 + 2[\theta_1, \theta_1]

i.e., the cohomology class determined by $\varphi\omega$ in $H^1(\varphi')$ can be written as a "square" of an element of $H^1(\varphi')$.

In summary, we have shown that there are interesting relations between the deformation theory and the analytic continuation problems that are of importance for the application of group-theoretical ideas to elementary particle physics. Before proceeding further with the general theory (in a later paper) it is appropriate to work out a further example that is of the greatest importance for physics.

6. Contraction of the Poincaré group into the Galilean group

Let T be a vector space over the real numbers, considered as an Abelian Lie algebra. (One might think of T as the Lie algebra of the group of space-time translations.) Denote elements of T by such letters