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We investigate the algebra of vector fields on the sphere. First, we find that linear deformations of this algebra are obstructed under reasonable conditions. In particular, we show that hs[λ], the one-parameter deformation of the algebra of area-preserving vector fields, does not extend to the entire algebra. Next, we study some non-central extensions through the embedding of \( \mathfrak{vect} \)(S2) into \( \mathfrak{vect} \)(ℂ*). For the latter, we discuss a three parameter family of non-central extensions which contains the symmetry algebra of asymptotically flat and asymptotically Friedmann spacetimes at future null infinity, admitting a simple free field realization.
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Rojo, M.E., Procházka, T. & Sachs, I. On deformations and extensions of Diff(S2). J. High Energ. Phys. 2021, 133 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP10(2021)133
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