The finite dimensional simple modular Lie algebras with Cartan matrix cannot
be deformed if the characteristic p of the ground field is equal to 0 or
greater than 3. If p=3, the orthogonal Lie algebra o(5)is one of the two simple
modular Lie algebras with Cartan matrix that have deformations (the Brown
algebras br(2; a) are among these 10-dimensional deforms and hence are not
counted separately); the 29-dimensional Brown algebra br(3) is the only other
simple Lie algebra with Cartan matrix that has deformations.
Our main goal in this paper is to translate the diagram relating groups,
Lie algebras and Hopf algebras to the corresponding 2-objects, i.e. to
categorify it. This is done interpreting 2-objects as crossed modules and
showing the compatibility of the standard functors linking groups, Lie algebras
and Hopf algebras with the concept of a crossed module. One outcome is the
construction of an enveloping algebra of the string Lie algebra of Baez-Crans,
another is the clarification of the passage from crossed modules of Hopf
algebras to Hopf 2-algebras.