Universite de Metz, Département de Mathematiques, U.R.A. CNRS n$^{circ }$ 399, Ile du Saulcy, F-57045 Metz cedex 01, France
Abstract:
Using Casimir elements, we characterize the semisimple Lie algebras among the quadratic Lie algebras. This characterization gives, in particular, a generalization of a consequence of Cartan's second criterion.