Domestic canonical algebras and simple Lie algebras

For each simply-laced Dynkin graph Δ we realize the simple complex Lie algebra of type Δ as a quotient algebra of the complex degenerate composition Lie algebra of a domestic canonical algebra A of type Δ by some ideal I of that is defined via the Hall algebra of A, and give an explicit form of I. Moreover, we show that each root space of has a basis given by the coset of an indecomposable A-module M with root easily computed by the dimension vector of M. Dedicated to Professor Claus Michael Ringel on the occasion of his 60th birthday.     

Left-symmetric algebras of derivations of free algebras

A structure of a left-symmetric algebra on the set of all derivations of a free algebra is introduced such that its commutator algebra becomes the usual Lie algebra of derivations. Left and right nilpotent elements of left-symmetric algebras of derivations are studied. Simple left-symmetric algebras of derivations and Novikov algebras of derivations are described. It is also proved that the positive part of the left-symmetric algebra of derivations of a free nonassociative symmetric m-ary algebra in one free variable is generated by one derivation and some right nilpotent derivations are described.     

Nijenhuis algebras, NS algebras, and N-dendriform algebras

In this paper, we study (associative) Nijenhuis algebras, with emphasis on the relationship between the category of Nijenhuis algebras and the categories of NS algebras and related algebras. This is in analogy to the well-known theory of the adjoint functor from the category of Lie algebras to that of associative algebras, and the more recent results on the adjoint functor from the categories of dendriform and tridendriform algebras to that of Rota-Baxter algebras. We first give an explicit construction of free Nijenhuis algebras and then apply it to obtain the universal enveloping Nijenhuis algebra of an NS algebra. We further apply the construction to determine the binary quadratic nonsymmetric algebra, called the N-dendriform algebra, that is compatible with the Nijenhuis algebra. As it turns out, the N-dendriform algebra has more relations than the NS algebra.     

Assosymmetric algebras under Jordan product

We prove that assosymmetric algebras under the Jordan product are Lie triple algebras. A Lie triple algebra is called special if it is isomorphic to a subalgebra of the plus-algebra of some assosymmetric algebra. We establish that the Glennie identity of degree 8 is valid for special Lie triple algebras, but not for all Lie triple algebras.     

Classification of three-dimensional zeropotent algebras over an algebraically closed field

A nonassociative algebra is defined to be zeropotent if the square of any element is zero. Zeropotent algebras are exactly the same as anticommutative algebras when the characteristic of the ground field is not two. The class of zeropotent algebras properly contains that of Lie algebras. In this paper, we give a complete classification of three-dimensional zeropotent algebras over an algebraically closed field of characteristic not equal to two. By restricting the result to the subclass of Lie algebras, we can obtain a classification of three-dimensional complex Lie algebras, which is in accordance with the conventional one.     

Lie isomorphisms of reflexive algebras

A Lie isomorphism ? between algebras is called trivial if ?=ψ+τ, where ψ is an (algebraic) isomorphism or a negative of an (algebraic) anti-isomorphism, and τ is a linear map with image in the center vanishing on each commutator. In this paper, we investigate the conditions for the triviality of Lie isomorphisms from reflexive algebras with completely distributive and commutative lattices (CDCSL). In particular, we prove that a Lie isomorphism between irreducible CDCSL algebras is trivial if and only if it preserves I-idempotent operators (the sum of an idempotent and a scalar multiple of the identity) in both directions. We also prove the triviality of each Lie isomorphism from a CDCSL algebra onto a CSL algebra which has a comparable invariant projection with rank and corank not one. Some examples of Lie isomorphisms are presented to show the sharpness of the conditions.     

GK dimension of some connected Hopf algebras

While it was identified that the growth of any connected Hopf algebras is either a positive integer or infinite, we have yet to determine the Gelfand–Kirillov (GK) dimension of a given connected Hopf algebra. We use the notion of anti-cocommutative elements introduced in Wang, D. G., Zhang, J. J., Zhuang, G. (2013). Coassociative lie algebras. Glasgow Math. J. 55(A):195–215 to analyze the structure of connected Hopf algebras generated by anti-cocommutative elements and compute the GK dimension of said algebras. Additionally, we apply these results to compare global dimension of connected Hopf algebras and the dimension of their corresponding Lie algebras of primitive elements.     

Cartan matrices for restricted Lie algebras

Consider a finite dimensional restricted Lie algebra over a field of prime characteristic. Each linear form on this Lie algebra defines a finite dimensional quotient of its universal enveloping algebra, called a reduced enveloping algebra. This leads to a Cartan matrix recording the multiplicities as composition factors of the simple modules in the projective indecomposable modules for such a reduced enveloping algebra. In this paper we show how to compare such Cartan matrices belonging to distinct linear forms. As an application we rederive and generalise the reciprocity formula first discovered by Humphreys for Lie algebras of reductive groups. For simple Lie algebras of Cartan type we see, for example, that the Cartan matrices for linear forms of non-positive height are submatrices of the Cartan matrix for the zero linear form.     

Classification of three-dimensional zeropotent algebras over the real number field

A nonassociative algebra is defined to be zeropotent if the square of any element is zero. In this paper, we give a complete classification of three-dimensional zeropotent algebras over the real number field up to isomorphism. By restricting the result to the subclass of Lie algebras, we can obtain a classification of three-dimensional real Lie algebras, which is in accordance with the Bianchi classification. Moreover, three-dimensional zeropotent algebras over a real closed field are classified in the same manner as those over the real number field.     

Quotients of maximal class of thin lie algebras. the odd characteristic case

Among thin graded Lie algebras, which are particular instances of Lie algebras of finite width, there are many interesting objects, such as the graded Lie algebra associated to the Nottingham group. Among the factors of a thin algebra with respect to the terms of the lower central series, there is a greatest factor which is of maximal class. In thin Lie algebras associated to groups, this factor is metabelian.

In this paper we show that the same holds in general, provided the characteristic of the underlying field is odd. In another paper by the second author it is shown that this is not the case for characteristic two.     

The degeneracy of extended affine Lie algebras

We construct degenerate extended affine Lie algebras from a given nondegenerate extended affine Lie algebra and show that all degenerate extended affine Lie algebras are obtained in this way. Received: 21 January 1997     

Ideals of identities of representations of nilpotent lie algebras

Let L be a Lie algebra, nilpotent of class 2, over an infinite field K, and suppose that the centre C of L is one dimensional; such Lie algebras are called Heisenberg algebras. Let ρ:L→hom _KV be a finite dimensional representation of the Heisenberg algebra L such that ρ(C) contains non-singular linear transformations of V, and denote l(ρ) the ideal of identities for the representation ρ. We prove that the ideals of identities of representations containing I(ρ) and generated by multilinear polynomials satisfy the ACC. Let sl ₂(L) be the Lie algebra of the traceless 2×2 matrices over K, and suppose the characteristic of K equals 2. As a corollary we obtain that the ideals of identities of representations of Lie algebras containing that of the regular representation of sl ₂(K) and generated by multilinear polynomials, are finitely based. In addition we show that one cannot simply dispense with the condition of multilinearity. Namely, we show that the ACC is violated for the ideals of representations of Lie algebras (over an infinite field of characteristic 2) that contain the identities of the regular representation of sl ₂(K).     

Contact and Frobenius solvable Lie algebras with abelian nilradical

The aim of this work is to characterize the families of Frobenius (respectively, contact) solvable Lie algebras that satisfies the following condition: 𝔤 = 𝔥?V, where 𝔥?𝔤𝔩(V), |dim V?dim 𝔤|≤1 and NilRad(𝔤) = V, V being a finite dimensional vector space. In particular, it is proved that every complex Frobenius solvable Lie algebra is decomposable, whereas that in the real case there are only two indecomposable Frobenius solvable Lie algebras.     

Positive definite Minkowski Lie algebras and bi-invariant Finsler metrics on Lie groups

In this paper, we introduce the notion of a Minkowski Lie algebra, which is the natural generalization of the notion of a real quadratic Lie algebra (metric Lie algebra). We then study the positive definite Minkowski Lie algebras and obtain a complete classification of the simple ones. Finally, we present some applications of our results to Finsler geometry and give a classification of bi-invariant Finsler metrics on Lie groups. This work was supported by NSFC (No.10671096) and NCET of China.     

Description of some classes of Leibniz algebras

In this paper we describe the isomorphism classes of finite-dimensional complex Leibniz algebras whose quotient algebra with respect to the ideal generated by squares is isomorphic to the direct sum of three-dimensional simple Lie algebra sl₂ and a three-dimensional solvable ideal. We choose a basis of the isomorphism classes’ representatives and give explicit multiplication tables.     

Construction of dialgebras through bimodules over algebras

The varieties of dialgebras (also known as Loday-type algebras) over a given type of algebra have been the subject of multiple recent developments. We provide here a construction of such dialgebra varieties via bimodules over an algebra and a surjective equivariant map. Our construction is equivalent to the KP construction (Kolesnikov–Pozhidaev construction) when departing from the set of linearized identities of the algebra variety. The novel construction simplifies the obtention of the dialgebra equations without forcing a complete linearization of the algebra identities. We illustrate the use of the novel construction providing the dialgebras associated to several varieties of algebras, including those over diverse Lie admissible algebras. We provide some novel explorations on the structure of the dialgebras which are easily articulated through our construction.     

On Borcherds type Lie algebras

For each even lattice \({\mathcal L}\), there is a canonical way to construct an infinite-dimensional Lie algebra via lattice vertex operator algebra theory, we call this Lie algebra and its subalgebras the Borcherds type Lie algebras associated to \({\mathcal L}\). In this paper, we apply this construction to even lattices arising from representation theory of finite-dimensional associative algebras. This is motivated by the different realizations of Kac-Moody algebras by Borcherds using lattice vertex operators and by Peng-Xiao using Ringel-Hall algebras respectively. For any finite-dimensional algebra \(A\) of finite global dimension, we associate a Borcherds type Lie algebra \(\mathfrak {BL}(A)\) to \(A\). In contrast to the Ringel-Hall Lie algebra approach, \(\mathfrak {BL}(A)\) only depends on the symmetric Euler form or Tits form but not the full representation theory of \(A\). However, our results show that for certain classes of finite-dimensional algebras whose representation theory is ’controlled’ by the Euler bilinear forms or Tits forms, their Borcherds type Lie algebras do have close relations with the representation theory of these algebras. Beyond the class of hereditary algebras, these algebras include canonical algebras, representation-directed algebras and incidence algebras of finite prinjective types.     

Representations of four-derivation Lie algebras of Block type

Block introduced certain analogues of the Zassenhaus algebras over a field of characteristic 0. The nongraded infinite-dimensional simple Lie algebras of Block type constructed by Xu can be viewed as generalizations of the Block algebras. In this paper, we construct a family of irreducible modules in terms of multiplication and differentiation operators on ＂polynomials＂ for four-devivation nongraded Lie algebras of Block type based on the finite-dimensional irreducible weight modules with multiplicity one of general linear Lie algebras. We also find a new series of submodules from which some irreducible quotient modules are obtained.     

Poisson manifolds with compatible pseudo-metric and pseudo-Riemannian Lie algebras

In a previous paper (C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris Sér. I 333 (2001) 763–768), the author introduced a notion of compatibility between a Poisson structure and a pseudo-Riemannian metric. In this paper, we introduce a new class of Lie algebras called pseudo-Riemannian Lie algebras. The two notions are closely related: we prove that the dual of a Lie algebra endowed with its canonical linear Poisson structure carries a compatible pseudo-Riemannian metric if and only if the Lie algebra is a pseudo-Riemannian Lie algebra. Moreover, the Lie algebra obtained by linearizing at a point a Poisson manifold with a compatible pseudo-Riemannian metric is a pseudo-Riemannian Lie algebra. We also give some properties of the symplectic leaves of such manifolds, and we prove that every Poisson manifold with a compatible Riemannian metric is unimodular. Finally, we study Poisson Lie groups endowed with a compatible pseudo-Riemannian metric, and we give the classification of all pseudo-Riemannian Lie algebras of dimension 2 and 3.