Classification of Lie algebras of specific type in complexified Clifford algebras

We give a full classification of Lie algebras of specific type in complexified Clifford algebras. These 16 Lie algebras are direct sums of subspaces of quaternion types. We obtain isomorphisms between these Lie algebras and classical matrix Lie algebras in the cases of arbitrary dimension and signature. We present 16 Lie groups: one Lie group for each Lie algebra associated with this Lie group. We study connection between these groups and spin groups.     

Bases, filtrations and module decompositions of free Lie algebras

We use the technique known as elimination to devise some new bases of the free Lie algebra which (like classical Hall bases) consist of Lie products of left normed basic Lie monomials. Our bases yield direct decompositions of the homogeneous components of the free Lie algebra with direct summands that are particularly easy to describe: they are tensor products of metabelian Lie powers. They also give rise to new filtrations and decompositions of free Lie algebras as modules for groups of graded algebra automorphisms. In particular, we obtain some new decompositions for free Lie algebras and free restricted Lie algebras over fields of positive characteristic.     

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     

Anosov Lie algebras and algebraic units in number fields

We study nilmanifolds admitting Anosov automorphisms by applying elementary properties of algebraic units in number fields to the associated Anosov Lie algebras. We identify obstructions to the existence of Anosov Lie algebras. The case of 13-dimensional Anosov Lie algebras is worked out as an illustration of the technique. Also, we recapture the following known results: (1) Every 7-dimensional Anosov nilmanifold is toral, and (2) every 8-dimensional Anosov Lie algebra with 3 or 5-dimensional derived algebra contains an abelian factor.     

The Paley–Wiener theorem for certain nilpotent Lie groupsJean

We generalize the classical Paley–Wiener theorem to special types of connected, simply connected, nilpotent Lie groups: First we consider nilpotent Lie groups whose Lie algebra admits an ideal which is a polarization for a dense subset of generic linear forms on the Lie algebra. Then we consider nilpotent Lie groups such that the co-adjoint orbits of all the elements of a dense subset of the dual of the Lie algebra 𝔤^* are flat (© 2009 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

A Characterisation of Nilpotent Lie Algebras by Invertible Leibniz-Derivations

Jacobson proved that if a Lie algebra admits an invertible derivation, it must be nilpotent. He also suspected, though incorrectly, that the converse might be true: that every nilpotent Lie algebra has an invertible derivation. We prove that a Lie algebra is nilpotent if and only if it admits an invertible Leibniz-derivation. The proofs are elementary in nature and are based on well-known techniques. We only consider finite-dimensional Lie algebras over a fields of characteristic zero.     

Infinitesimal deformations of restricted simple Lie algebras II

We compute the infinitesimal deformations of two families of restricted simple modular Lie algebras of Cartan-type: the Contact and the Hamiltonian Lie algebras.     

Lie algebroid modules and representations up to homotopy

We establish a relationship between two different generalizations of Lie algebroid representations: representation up to homotopy and Vaĭntrob’s Lie algebroid modules. Specifically, we show that there is a noncanonical way to obtain a representation up to homotopy from a given Lie algebroid module, and that any two representations up to homotopy obtained in this way are equivalent in a natural sense. We therefore obtain a one-to-one correspondence, up to equivalence.     

Simple left-symmetric algebras with¶solvable Lie algebra

Left-symmetric algebras (LSAs) are Lie admissible algebras arising from geometry. The leftinvariant affine structures on a Lie group {G} correspond bijectively to LSA-structures on its Lie algebra. Moreover if a Lie group acts simply transitively as affine transformations on a vector space, then its Lie algebra admits a complete LSA-structure. In this paper we study simple LSAs having only trivial two-sided ideals. Some natural examples and deformations are presented. We classify simple LSAs in low dimensions and prove results about the Lie algebra of simple LSAs using a canonical root space decomposition. A special class of complete LSAs is studied. Received: 10 June 1997 / Revised version: 29 September 1997     

Multiplicative Dirac structures on Lie groups

We study multiplicative Dirac structures on Lie groups. We show that the characteristic foliation of a multiplicative Dirac structure is given by the cosets of a normal Lie subgroup and, whenever this subgroup is closed, the leaf space inherits the structure of a Poisson–Lie group. We also describe multiplicative Dirac structures on Lie groups infinitesimally. To cite this article: C. Ortiz, C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris, Ser. I 346 (2008).     

Infinitesimal deformations of restricted simple Lie algebras I

We compute the infinitesimal deformations of two families of restricted simple modular Lie algebras of Cartan-type: the Witt–Jacobson and the Special Lie algebras.     

Closed geodesics in compact nilmanifolds

We study the density of closed geodesics property on 2-step nilmanifolds Γ\N, where N is a simply connected 2-step nilpotent Lie group with a left invariant Riemannian metric and Lie algebra ?, and Γ is a lattice in N. We show the density of closedgeodesics property holds for quotients of singular, simply connected, 2-step nilpotent Lie groups N which are constructed using irreducible representations of the compact Lie group SU(2). Received: 8 November 2000 / Revised version: 9 April 2001     

Lie algebras of infinitesimal norm isometries

Given a norm on a finite dimensional vector space V, we may consider the group of all linear automorphisms which preserve it. The Lie algebra of this group is a Lie subalgebra of the endomorphism algebra of V having two properties: (1) it is the Lie algebra of a compact subgroup, and (2) it is “saturated” in a sence made precise below. We show that any Lie subalgebra satisfying these conditions is the Lie algebra of the group of linear automorphisms preserving some norm. There is an appendix on elementary Lie group theory.     

关于项链李代数的结构

Le Bruyn和V．Ginzbrug最近引入了项链李代数。它是定义在箭图上的一种无限堆李代数，在非交换几何研究中起了重要作用。本研究项链李代数结构，证明了当箭图中有长度大于1的循环时，其项链李代数不是幂零李代数，我们还给出了没有圈的箭图上项链李代数的分解。     

On Normal Subgroups of Semisimple Lie Groups

We prove that normal subgroups of a finite dimensional real, not necessarily connected, Lie group with semisimple Lie algebra are closed. This generalizes a result of Ragozin (Proc AMS 32:632–633, 1972) who proved this for connected Lie groups; our proof is new even in this special case.     

Restricted Lie (Super)Algebras in Characteristic 3

We give explicit formulas proving that the following Lie (super)algebras are restricted: known exceptional simple vectorial Lie (super)algebras in characteristic 3, deformed Lie (super)algebras with indecomposable Cartan matrix, simple subquotients over an algebraically closed field of characteristic 3 of these (super)algebras (under certain conditions), and deformed divergence-free Lie superalgebras of a certain type with any finite number of indeterminates in any characteristic.     

Filters compatible with isomorphism testing

Like the lower central series of a nilpotent group, filters generalize the connection between nilpotent groups and graded Lie rings. However, unlike the case with the lower central series, the associated graded Lie ring may share few features with the original group: e.g. the associated Lie ring can be trivial or arbitrarily large. We determine properties of filters such that every isomorphism between groups is induced by an isomorphism between graded Lie rings.     

Non-degenerate Invariant (Super)Symmetric Bilinear Forms on Simple Lie (Super)Algebras

We review the list of non-degenerate invariant (super)symmetric bilinear forms (briefly: NIS) on the following simple (relatives of) Lie (super)algebras: (a) with symmetrizable Cartan matrix of any growth, (b) with non-symmetrizable Cartan matrix of polynomial growth, (c) Lie (super)algebras of vector fields with polynomial coefficients, (d) stringy a.k.a. superconformal superalgebras, (e) queerifications of simple restricted Lie algebras. Over algebraically closed fields of positive characteristic, we establish when the deform (i.e., the result of deformation) of the known finite-dimensional simple Lie (super)algebra has a NIS. Amazingly, in most of the cases considered, if the Lie (super)algebra has a NIS, its deform has a NIS with the same Gram matrix after an identification of bases of the initial and deformed algebras. We do not consider odd parameters of deformations. Closely related with simple Lie (super)algebras with NIS is the notion of doubly extended Lie (super)algebras of which affine Kac–Moody (super)algebras are the most known examples.     

Bott's vanishing theorem for regular Lie algebroids

Differential geometry has discovered many objects which determine Lie algebroids playing a role analogous to that of Lie algebras for Lie groups. For example:

--- differential groupoids,

--- principal bundles,

--- vector bundles,

--- actions of Lie groups on manifolds,

--- transversally complete foliations,

--- nonclosed Lie subgroups,

--- Poisson manifolds,

--- some complete closed pseudogroups.

We carry over the idea of Bott's Vanishing Theorem to regular Lie algebroids (using the Chern-Weil homomorphism of transitive Lie algebroids investigated by the author) and, next, apply it to new situations which are not described by the classical version, for example, to the theory of transversally complete foliations and nonclosed Lie subgroups in order to obtain some topological obstructions for the existence of involutive distributions and Lie subalgebras of some types (respectively).