Lie-Rinehart and Hochschild cohomology for algebras of differential operators

Abstract: Let $(S,L)$ be a Lie-Rinehart algebra such that $L$ is $S$-projective and let $U$ be its universal enveloping algebra. In this paper we present a spectral sequence which converges to the Hochschild cohomology of $U$ with values on a $U$-bimodule $M$ and whose second page involves the Lie-Rinehart cohomology of the algebra and the Hochschild cohomology of $S$ with values on $M$. After giving a convenient description of the involved algebraic structures we use the spectral sequence to compute explicitly the Hochschild cohomology of the algebra of differential operators tangent to a central arrangement of three lines.