Almost-classical Lie algebras. II

Classical Lie Algebras

Modular Group Algebras with Almost Maximal Lie Nilpotency Indices, Ii

Let K be a field of positive characteristic p and KG the group algebra of a group G. It is known that, if KG is Lie nilpotent, then its upper (or lower) Lie nilpotency index is at most |G| + 1, where |G| is the order of the commutator subgroup. Previously we determined the groups G for which the upper/lower nilpotency index is maximal or the upper nilpotency index is ‘almost maximal’ (that is, ...

Classical Lie algebras

1 Classical Lie algebras A Lie algebra is a vector space g with a bilinear map [, ] : g× g → g such that (a) [x, y] = −[y, x], for x, y ∈ g, and (b) (Jacobi identity) [x, [y, z]] + [z, [x, y]] + [y, [z, x]] = 0, for all x, y, z ∈ g. A bilinear form 〈, 〉 : g× g → C is ad-invariant if, for all x, y, z ∈ g, 〈adx(y), z〉 = −〈y, adx(z)〉, where adx(y) = [x, y], (1.1) for x, y,∈ g. The Killing form is ...

Graphs for Classical Lie Algebras

A nonzero element x of a Lie algebra L over a field F is called extremal if [x, [x,L]] ⊆ Fx. Extremal elements are a well-studied class of elements in simple finite-dimensional Lie algebras of Chevalley type: they are the long root elements. In [CSUW01], Cohen, Steinbach, Ushirobira and Wales have studied Lie algebras generated by extremal elements, in particular those of Chevalley type. The au...

Yangians and Classical Lie Algebras