On the Cartan–Jacobson Theorem |
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Authors: | Pablo Alberca Bjerregaard Alberto Elduque Cndido Martín Gonzlez Francisco Jos Navarro Mrquez |
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Institution: | a Departamento de Matemática Aplicada, Universidad de Málaga, 29012, Málaga, Spain;b Departamento de Matemáticas, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Zaragoza, 50009, Zaragoza, Spain;c Departamento de Álgebra, Geometría y Topología, Universidad de Málaga, Apdo. 59, 29080, Málaga, Spain |
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Abstract: | The well-known Cartan–Jacobson theorem claims that the Lie algebra of derivations of a Cayley algebra is central simple if the characteristic is not 2 or 3. In this paper we have studied these two cases, with the following results: if the characteristic is 2, the theorem is also true, but, if the characteristic is 3, the derivation algebra is not simple. We have also proved that in this last case, there is a unique nonzero proper seven-dimensional ideal, which is a central simple Lie algebra of type A2, and the quotient of the derivation algebra modulo this ideal turns out to be isomorphic, as a Lie algebra, to the ideal itself. The original motivation of this work was a series of computer-aided calculations which proved the simplicity of derivation algebras of Cayley algebras in the case of characteristic not 3. These computations also proved the existence of a unique nonzero proper ideal (which turns out to be seven-dimensional) in the algebra of derivations of split Cayley algebras in characteristic 3. |
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