Certain families of Polynomials arising in the study of hyperelliptic Lie algebras

Abstract: The associative ring $R(P(t))=\mathbb C[t^{\pm1},u \,|\, u^2=P(t)]$, where $P(t)=\sum_{i=0}^na_it^i=\prod_{k=1}^n(t-\alpha_i)$ with $\alpha_i\in\mathbb C$ pairwise distinct, is the coordinate ring of a hyperelliptic curve. The Lie algebra $\mathcal{R}(P(t))=\text{Der}(R(P(t)))$ of derivations is called the hyperelliptic Lie algebra associated to $P(t)$. In this paper we describe the universal central extension of $\text{Der}(R(P(t)))$ in terms of certain families of polynomials which in a particular case are associated Legendre polynomials. Moreover we describe certain families of polynomials that arise in the study of the group of units for the ring $R(P(t))$ where $P(t)=t^4-2bt^2+1$. In this study pairs of Chebychev polynomials $(U_n,T_n)$ arise as particular cases of a pairs $(r_n,s_n)$ with $r_n+s_n\sqrt{P(t)}$ a unit in $R(P(t))$. We explicitly describe these polynomial pairs as coefficients of certain generating functions and show certain of these polynomials satisfy particular second order linear differential equations.