1. Introduction
A left (resp. right) Leibniz superalgebra is a
-graded vector space
endowed with an even bilinear map
such that
(resp.
) for all
and
. The Leibniz superalgebra
is said to be symmetric if it is simultaneously a left and right Leibniz superalgebra. Leibniz superalgebras can be seen as
-graded Leibniz algebras, and therefore as generalizations of Leibniz algebras, Lie superalgebras and Lie algebras. Then, it seems natural to extend some properties and known results established on Lie (super) algebras and on Leibniz algebras to Leibniz superalgebras.
In this purpose, many results about quadratic Lie algebras (that is Lie algebras endowed with a nondegenerate, symmetric and invariant bilinear form) have been extended to Lie superalgebras and Leibniz (super)algebras (see for example, [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] ). For instance, in [7] the authors generalize the notion of double extension and describe quadratic Lie superalgebras; quadratic Leibniz algebras are also studied in [1] and in [8] . The authors in [9] investigate odd quadratic Leibniz superalgebras, in particular they proved that all quadratic Leibniz superalgebras are symmetric and they gave an inductive description of quadratic Leibniz superalgebra. In all these study of quadratic structure, we noticed that the invariance property or the associativity of the bilinear form B (that is
) played an important role.
But unlike in the case of Lie superalgebras, the bracket of Leibniz superalgebra is not necessary super-anticommutative. This allows us to define a new type of invariance for a bilinear form B over a Leibniz superalgebra
, that is different from the associativity. In fact, for a bilinear form
, we said that B is left (resp. right) super-invariant if
(resp.
) for all
and
. A Leibniz superalgebra endowed with a nondegenerate, supersymmetric and left (resp. right) super-invariant bilinear form is called a left (resp. right) pseudo-quadratic Leibniz superalgebra. For simplicity, we will use LPQ (resp. RPQ) Leibniz superalgebra for left (resp. right) pseudo-quadratic Leibniz supaeralgebra.
The aim of this paper is to investigate simple Leibniz superalgebras and pseudo-quadratic Leibniz superalgebras. In fact, we introduce the notion of compactness with respect to the graduation of
for a vector subspace of
and characterize simple Leibniz superalgebras through this notion. We show that for any LPQ symmetric Leibniz superalgebra
, there exists a Lie superalgebra
induced by B over the underlying vector space
i.e. the product
is super-anticommutative over
. By using the notion of central extension and representation of Leibniz superalgebras, we introduce a new type of double extension for LPQ Leibniz superalgebras. We show that any non-Lie LPQ Leibniz superalgebra is isomorphic to a double extension of a symmetric Leibniz superalgebra. Finally, we study relation between the double extension of
and its associated Lie superalgebra
.
This paper is organized as follows: the first section is devoted to state fondamental definitions and elementary properties necessary for the understanding of this paper. In Section 2 we give some properties of Leibniz superalgebras and characterize simple Leibniz superalgebras. In Section 3 we define left (resp. right) super-invariant bilinear form and study LPQ Leibniz superalgebras. Finally, Section 4 deals with the method of double extension for LPQ Leibniz superalgebras and theirs induced Lie superalgebras.
The study of RPQ Leibniz superalgebras is similary and leads to analogous results. Then we will deal only with LPQ Leibniz superalgebras.
Notation
Throughout this paper all vector spaces considered are finite dimensional and we will use the same notation as in [7] .
2. Preliminaries
Let
be a
-graded vector space and
a bilinear map over
such that
for all
. Then
is said to be left(resp. right) Leibniz superalgebra if
(2.1)
(resp.
(2.2)
The Leibniz superalgebra
is said to be symmetric if it is simultaneously a left and right Leibniz superalgebra. From [9] , a Leibniz superalgebra
is symmetric if and only if
(2.3)
A homomorphism
between two
-graded vector spaces is said to be homogeneous of degree
if
for all
. Given three
-graded vector spaces
and
, a bilinear map
is said to be homogeneous of degree
if
for all
. The degree of a homogeneous linear or bilinear map f is denoted by
and f is said to be an even (resp. odd) map if
(resp.
).
For any left Leibniz superalgebra
, the left and the right multiplication L and R defined by
and
satisfy the following relations
Lemma 2.1.
1)
2)
3)
4)
Proof. Straightforward computation. 
Let
be a left Leibniz superalgebra. We define the left and the right centre of
by
and
. We also define the so called super-Leibniz kernel which is the subspace generated by elements of the form
and it is denoted by
.
Remark 2.2. The relation 4) of the above Lemma implies that for all
and
we have
(2.4)
which implies that
. For a left Leibniz superalgebra
, the left centre
is a two-sided ideal and the right centre is a Leibniz sub-superalgebra.
Definition 2.3. Let
be a left Leibniz superalgebra and H a Leibniz sub-superalgebra of L. We say that H is a left (resp. right) ideal of
if
(resp.
).
Definition 2.4. Let
be a Leibniz superalgebra. The bilinear map
is called scalar bi-cocycle if we have
(2.5)
for all
and
.
3. Simple Leibniz Superalgebras
The goal of this section is to study and characterize simple Leibniz superalgebra. For that, we introduce the notion of compactness of a subspace of a
-graded vector space and use this notion to give some characterizations of simple Leibniz superalgebras.
In general, we refer to simple algebraic object by an object that admits no ideal except {0} and itself. But in the case of Leibniz superalgebra, since for any left Leibniz superalgebra
we have
is a two-sided ideal then the definition of simple Leibniz superalgebra has to take this situation into account. This motivates the following defnition
Definition 3.1. A Leibniz superalgebra
is said to be simple if it admits no ideal different from
and
.
Lemma 3.2. Let
be a Leibniz superalgebra such that
and
. If I is an ideal of
such that
then
.
Proof. Let us assume that there exists an ideal
such that
. Since I is an ideal contained in
then
. Which implies that
because otherwise
that contradicts the fact that
, hence
or
. Since
we have
or
. If
, by using the fact that
is a Leibniz superalgebra we obtain according to relation (2.1) that
hence
which is impossible. If
, with a similar process, we show that
that is not thrue. Therefore
. 
Definition 3.3. Let I be an ideal of
. I is said to be compact with respect to the graduation of
if for all
such that
we have either
or
.
Lemma 3.4. If I is an ideal of
such that
then
.
Proof. It is clear that
because
. On the other hand the fact that I is an ideal implies that
. Hence
. With an analogous way, we show that
. 
Lemma 3.5. Let
be Leibniz superalgebra. If
is a graded ideal compact with respect to the graduation of
, then
.
Proof. Since I is compact with respect to the graduation of
and
and
then we have
or
and
or
. And gives us four cases to consider
1) If
and
. In this case
. Hence
which is impossible.
2) If
and
. Then
.
3) If
and
. Then
which is impossible because otherwise
.
4) If
and
. Then
.
Therefore
. 
Lemma 3.6. Let
be a Leibniz superalgebra such that
and
. If
is a compact graded ideal with respect to the graduation of
such that
then
.
Proof. Since
and I is a compact graded ideal with respect to the graduation of
then
or
. If
then according to the Lemma 3.4 we have
which contradicts the fact that
therefore
. Hence the fact that I is an ideal and
imply
. Then according to the Lemma 3.5 we have
. 
The above results give us a characterization of simple Leibniz superalgebras.
Theorem 3.7. Let
be a Leibniz superalgebra such that
. Then
is simple if and only if all graded ideals are compact with respect to the graduation of
.
Proof. Let us assume that
is simple. Let I be a graded ideal of
. Then
or
or
. Then the fact that
and
we have
or
. In both cases, one can easily sees that I is compact with respect to the graduation of
. The converse is obvious from Lemma 3.5. 
4. LPQ Leibniz Superalgebras
In this section, we define left and right pseudo quadratic Leibniz superalgebras. We establish some properties of those superalgebras and show that every pseudo quadratic Leibniz superalgebra
induce a structure of Lie superalgebra over the vector space
.
Definition 4.1. Let
be a Leibniz superalgebra and B a bilinear form over
. Then, B is said to be
• Invariant if
.
• Left super-invariant if
.
• Right super-invariant if
.
• Supersymmetric if
.
• Nondegenerate if
for all
implies
.
for all
and
.
Proposition 4.2. Let
be a Leibniz superalgebra and B a supersymmetric and nondegenerate bilinear form over
. Then, if B satisfies at least two type of invariance, then
is a Lie superalgebra.
Proof. A Leibniz superalgebra is a Lie superalgebra if and only if
for all
and
. Let us assume that B is invariant and left super-invariant. Let
and
. We have:
and since B is non degenerate,
, hence
is a Lie superalgebra. By proceeding in the same way, we show that
is a Lie superalgebra if B is invariant and right super-invariant.
Now let us assume that B is left and right super-invariant. Let
and
. We have:
the fact that B is non degenerate implies that
is a Lie superalgebra. 
Definition 4.3. A Leibniz superalgebra
endowed with a non degenerate, supersymmetric and left (resp. right) super-invariant bilinear form B is called left (resp. right) pseudo-quadratic Leibniz superalgebra. We shall use the abreviation LPQ (resp. RPQ) Leibniz superalgebras for left (resp. right) pseudo quadratic Leibniz superalgebras.
For a LPQ Leibniz superalgebra
, the bilinear form B induces a bilinear map
defined by
The following resul gives some properties of the bilinear map
Lemma 4.4. For all
and
,
1)
2)
3)
4) Moreover, if
is symmetric then we have:
Proof. Let
and
. We have
since B is nondegenerate, then 1) holds.
For relation 2 we have
since B is nondegenerate, we have relation 2).
therefore, we have relation 3) because B is nondegenerate. By a similar proof, we establish relation 4). 
Remark 4.5. According to relation 2) and 1), the product
and
coincide over the vector space
and
is a Lie superalgebra.
Let
and define
by
for all
. This linear map satifies the following property:
Lemma 4.6. For all
, we have
where
define the left multiplication by p that is
.
Proof. we shall proceed by induction over
. If
, then according to relation 2 of Lemma 4.4, we have
Now let us assume that the result is true for n. By using again relation 2) of Lemma 4.4 and the induction hypothesis, we obtain
this proves the lemma. 
For any LPQ symmetric Leibniz superalgebra, there exists an associated Lie superalgebra. Indeed, we have the following result.
Lemma 4.7. Let
be a LPQ symmetric Leibniz superalgebra. Then
is a Lie superalgebra.
Proof. Let
,
and the fact that B is nondegenerate implies that
Hence,
satisfies the super Jacobi identity, and according to relation 1) of Lemma 4.4 we have
is a Lie superalgebra. 
Let
be a symmetric LPQ Leibniz superalgebra, the product
is given by the following result.
Lemma 4.8. For all
and
, we have
where
is a bi-cocycle.
Proof. Define
by
. Since for all
and
we have
, then
Set
, we have
. In
fact, let
and
, by the left super-invariance of B and the fact that
is symmetric we have
since B is nondegenerate, then
. Hence
as required. And by using the Leibniz super identity of
and the fact that
is a Lie superalgebra, one can see that
is a bicocycle. 
5. Double Extension
In this section, we construct a double extension for LPQ Leibniz superalgebras and for Lie superalgebras by using the central extension and representation of Leibniz and Lie superalgebras over a
-graded vector space. For more details about the method of double extension see [1] [2] [3] .
5.1. Double Extension of LPQ Leibniz Superalgebras
Lemma 5.2. Let
be a Leibniz superalgebra, H a vector space and
a bi-cocycle. Then, the space
endowed with the bracket
(5.1)
is a Leibniz superalgebra.
Proof. Straightforward calculation. 
The Leibniz superalgebra
constructed in the above lemma is called central extension of
by means of
.
Definition 5.3. Let
be a left Leibniz superalgebra and
a
-graded vector space. A representation of
over V is given by a couple
where
are even morphisms such that
for all
and
. The set of all representations of
over a given
-graded vector space V will be denoted by
.
Lemma 5.4. Let
be a Leibniz superalgebra and
. Then,
endowed with the bracket
(5.2)
is a Leibniz superalgebra.
Proof. Straightforward calculation. 
Theorem 5.5. Let
be a LPQ Leibniz superalgebra,
an one dimensional vector space,
and
such that
(5.3)
Then,
endowed with the bracket
(5.4)
is a Leibniz superalgebra.
Proof. Set
. Let
defined by
. The relation 5.3 implies that
is a bi-cocycle of
, then according to Lemma 5.2, the space
endowed with the bracket
(5.5)
is a Leibniz superalgebra. Define
by
and
for all
. Since
is a representation of
over H, then
define a representation of
over H. Hence, by Lemma 5.4, we have
endowed with the bracket
(5.6)
is a Leibniz superalgebra. Therefore,
endowed with the bracket 5.4 is a Leibniz superalgebra. 
The Leibniz superalgebra
obtained in the above theorem is called Leibniz double extension of
by H by means of
. The triplet
is called context of Leibniz double extension.
For a given non-Lie odd LPQ symmetric Leibniz superalgebra
, we have
Theorem 5.6.
is isomorph to a double extension of a symmetric Leibniz superalgebra.
Proof. Since
is a non-Lie Leibniz superalgebra, then there exists a non zero element
. The fact that B is odd and nondegenerate implies the existence of a non zero element
such that
. Set
and
. Since
is non degenerate, then
and
.
It’s clear that H is an ideal of
, and by using the left super-invariance of B, we see that
is also an ideal. Therefore, there exists a bilinear map
and
such that
for all
. With a straighforward calculation and the help of the Leibniz super-identity, we obtain
is a symmetric Leibniz superalgebra and
is a bi-cocycle.
The fact that
and
is an ideal of
implies that the product over
is given by:
we define two applications
by
and
for all
. Let us show that
. Let
.
and
Thus
and
. Since the bilinear form B is odd, then if
we have
. Now if
, then
and
because
and
change the degree of e. Hence,
is a trivial representation of
over H.
Let
and
, we have
On the other hand, by using the left super-invariance of B, we have
thus,
. Therefore
is a context of Leibniz double extension of
by H. Hence we obtain a Leibniz double extension
of
where
, by H by means of
. One can easily see that
is isomorphic to
. This proves the theorem. 
5.2. The Induced Lie Superalgebra
In the previous section, we showed that every LPQ Leibniz superalgebra
is isomorphic to a double extension of
(see Theorem
5.6). And we also showed that any LPQ Leibniz superalgebra
induce a Lie superalgebra
. In this section, we study the relationship between the Lie superalgebra
induced by
and the Lie superalgebra
.
Definition 5.8. Let
be a Lie superalgebra and V a
-graded vector space. A representation of
over V is given by a linear map
such that
Lemma 5.9. Let
be a Lie superalgebra, H a vector space and
a bi-cocyle of
such that
for all
and
Then
endowed with the bracket
(5.7)
is a Lie superalgebra.
Proof. Straightforward calculation 
Lemma 5.10. Let
be a Lie superalgebra and
. Then
endowed with the product
(5.8)
is a Lie superalgebra.
By using Lemma 5.9 and 5.10 and following the same path of the proof of Theorem 5.5 we obtain the following Lie double extension
Theorem 5.11. Let
be a LPQ symmetric Leibniz superalgebra,
an one dimensional vector space,
the induced Lie superalgebra,
and
such that
(5.9)
Then
endowed with the product
is a Lie superalgebra.
Proof. Straightforward. 
The Lie superalgebra
obtained in the above thereom is called Lie double extension of
by H by means the so-called Lie context of double extension
.
Now for a non-Lie LPQ symmetric Leibniz superalgebra
, there exists an associated Lie superalgebra
. According to Theorem 5.6,
is isomorph to a certain double extension
where
is a LPQ Leibniz superalgebra. Thus
induces over
a Lie superalgebra
.
Therefore a natural question arises: what is the link between
and
? The following result answer to this question.
Theorem 5.12.
is a Lie double extension of
.
Proof. Since
is a non-Lie Leibniz superalgebra, there exists a non zero element
. The fact that B is odd and non degenerate implies that there exists
such that
. Set
,
and
. We have
and
(see the proof of theorem 5.6).
is an ideal of
. In fact, let
and
we have
. Since B is non degenerate, then
, hence
where
is the centre of
. Therefore, H is an ideal of
because
. By using the property of Left super-invariance of B, we conclude that
is also an ideal of
. Consequently, there exists
and
such that:
for all
and
.
From the Jacobi super identity of
, we obtain that
is a Lie superalgebra and
is a bi-cocycle of
. The Lie superalgebra
is the Lie superalgebra induced by
over
. Indeed, let
and
, we have
Now consider the linear map
defined by
. It’s clear that if
then
because
change the degree of e. If
the fact that B is odd implies that
Hence,
is a trivial representation of
over H. Therefore
is a context Lie double extension of
by H. Consequently, we obtain a Lie double extension
of
by H by means of
, which is isomorphic to
. This proves the theorem. 