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How to define cohomology of algebraic structures?

I learned that the Hochschild cohomology of an associative algebra $A$ with a bimodule $M$ is defined using the cochain \begin{align*} \cdots \rightarrow C^n(A,M) \stackrel{d^n}{\longrightarrow} C^{n+...
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What's the advantage of defining Lie algebra cohomology using derived functors?

The way I learned Lie algebra cohomology in the context of Lie groups was a direct construction: one defines the Chevalley-Eilenberg complex with coefficients in a vector space $V$ (we assume the real ...
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Adjoint cohomology of Lie algebra commutes with direct sum?

The Witt algebra (denoted by $W$) is an infinite dimensional Lie algebra as: $[L_{m},L_{n}]=(m-n)L_{m+n}; \,\,\,\ m, n\in \mathbb{Z}$. I am looking for second adjoint cohomology $H^{2}(W_{1}\oplus ...
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What is known about the morphism $H^*_{Lie}(L,L)\to H^*_{Lie}(L,UL)$ induced by $L\hookrightarrow UL$

Let $L$ be a (differential) graded Lie algebra over a field $k$ of characteristic 0, and let $UL$ be the universal enveloping algebra of $L$. The inclusion $L\hookrightarrow UL$ induces a morphism of ...