On the cohomology of solvable Leibniz algebras

Abstract

This paper is a sequel to a previous paper of the authors in which the cohomology of semi-simple Leibniz algebras was computed by using spectral sequences. In the present paper we generalize the vanishing theorems of Dixmier and Barnes for nilpotent and (super)solvable Lie algebras to Leibniz algebras. Moreover, we compute the cohomology of the one-dimensional Lie algebra with values in an arbitrary Leibniz bimodule and show that it is periodic with period two. As a consequence, we establish the Leibniz analogue of a non-vanishing theorem of Dixmier for nilpotent Leibniz algebras. In addition, we prove a Fitting lemma for Leibniz bimodules