Lie algebras of cohomological codimension one

We show that if is a finite dimensional real Lie algebra, then has cohomological dimension if and only if is a unimodular extension of the two-dimensional non-Abelian Lie algebra .

     

Simple and semisimple Lie algebras and codimension growth

We study the exponential growth of the codimensions of a finite dimensional Lie algebra over a field of characteristic zero. In the case when is semisimple we show that exists and, when is algebraically closed, is equal to the dimension of the largest simple summand of . As a result we characterize central-simplicity: is central simple if and only if .

     

Banach Lie algebras with Lie subalgebras of finite codimension: Their invariant subspaces and Lie ideals

The paper studies the existence of closed invariant subspaces for a Lie algebra L of bounded operators on an infinite-dimensional Banach space X. It is assumed that L contains a Lie subalgebra L₀ that has a non-trivial closed invariant subspace in X of finite codimension or dimension. It is proved that L itself has a non-trivial closed invariant subspace in the following two cases: (1) L₀ has finite codimension in L and there are Lie subalgebras L₀=L⁰⊂L¹⊂?⊂Lp=L such that Li+1=Li+[Li,Li+1] for all i; (2) L₀ is a Lie ideal of L and dim(L₀)=∞. These results are applied to the problem of the existence of non-trivial closed Lie ideals and closed characteristic Lie ideals in an infinite-dimensional Banach Lie algebra L that contains a non-trivial closed Lie subalgebra of finite codimension.     

Novikov algebras and Novikov structures on Lie algebras

We study ideals of Novikov algebras and Novikov structures on finite-dimensional Lie algebras. We present the first example of a three-step nilpotent Lie algebra which does not admit a Novikov structure. On the other hand we show that any free three-step nilpotent Lie algebra admits a Novikov structure. We study the existence question also for Lie algebras of triangular matrices. Finally we show that there are families of Lie algebras of arbitrary high solvability class which admit Novikov structures.     

On the codimension growth of almost nilpotent Lie algebras

We study codimension growth of infinite dimensional Lie algebras over a field of characteristic zero. We prove that if a Lie algebra L is an extension of a nilpotent algebra by a finite dimensional semisimple algebra then the PI-exponent of L exists and is a positive integer.     

Extending structures for Lie algebras

Let $\mathfrak{g }$ be a Lie algebra, $E$ a vector space containing $\mathfrak{g }$ as a subspace. The paper is devoted to the extending structures problem which asks for the classification of all Lie algebra structures on $E$ such that $\mathfrak{g }$ is a Lie subalgebra of $E$ . A general product, called the unified product, is introduced as a tool for our approach. Let $V$ be a complement of $\mathfrak{g }$ in $E$ : the unified product $\mathfrak{g } \,\natural \, V$ is associated to a system $(\triangleleft , \, \triangleright , \, f, \{-, \, -\})$ consisting of two actions $\triangleleft $ and $\triangleright $ , a generalized cocycle $f$ and a twisted Jacobi bracket $\{-, \, -\}$ on $V$ . There exists a Lie algebra structure $[-,-]$ on $E$ containing $\mathfrak{g }$ as a Lie subalgebra if and only if there exists an isomorphism of Lie algebras $(E, [-,-]) \cong \mathfrak{g } \,\natural \, V$ . All such Lie algebra structures on $E$ are classified by two cohomological type objects which are explicitly constructed. The first one $\mathcal{H }^{2}_{\mathfrak{g }} (V, \mathfrak{g })$ will classify all Lie algebra structures on $E$ up to an isomorphism that stabilizes $\mathfrak{g }$ while the second object $\mathcal{H }^{2} (V, \mathfrak{g })$ provides the classification from the view point of the extension problem. Several examples that compute both classifying objects $\mathcal{H }^{2}_{\mathfrak{g }} (V, \mathfrak{g })$ and $\mathcal{H }^{2} (V, \mathfrak{g })$ are worked out in detail in the case of flag extending structures.     

Abelian subalgebras in some particular types of Lie algebras

It is well-known that there exists a close link between Lie Theory and Relativity Theory. Indeed, the set of all symmetries of the metric in our four-dimensional spacetime is a Lie group. In this paper we try to study this link in depth, by dealing with three particular types of Lie algebras: h_n algebras, g_n algebras and Heisenberg algebras. Our main goal is to compute the maximal abelian dimensions of each of them, which will allow us to move a step forward in the advancement of this subject.     

Abelian Lie symmetry algebras of two-dimensional quasilinear evolution equations

We carry out the classification of abelian Lie symmetry algebras of two-dimensional second-order nondegenerate quasilinear evolution equations. It is shown that such an equation is linearizable if it admits an abelian Lie symmetry algebra that is of dimension greater than or equal to 5 or of dimension greater than or equal to 3 with rank-one.     

Hom-Lie algebra structures on semi-simple Lie algebras

Hom-Lie algebras can be considered as a deformation of Lie algebras. In this note, we prove that the hom-Lie algebra structures on finite-dimensional simple Lie algebras are trivial. We find when a finite-dimensional semi-simple Lie algebra admits non-trivial hom-Lie algebra structures and the isomorphic classes of non-trivial hom-Lie algebras are determined.     

On maximal ideals of codimension one in m-convex algebras

In Studia Math. 58:291–298, 1976, W. Żelazko gives a characterization of complex commutative complete unital m-convex algebras in which all maximal ideals are of codimension one. In these algebras every element has a bounded spectrum.

Here we present a similar result concerning sufficient conditions so that all maximal ideals of a complex commutative unital m-convex algebra to be of codimension one. Moreover, these conditions are proved to be equivalent to each other. We also give an example of a complex commutative unital advertibly complete m-convex algebra such that all its maximal ideals are of codimension one and has an element with unbounded spectrum.

     

Balanced Hermitian structures on almost abelian Lie algebras

We study balanced Hermitian structures on almost abelian Lie algebras, i.e. on Lie algebras with a codimension-one abelian ideal. In particular, we classify six-dimensional almost abelian Lie algebras which carry a balanced structure. It has been conjectured in [1] that a compact complex manifold admitting both a balanced metric and an SKT metric necessarily has a Kähler metric: we prove this conjecture for compact almost abelian solvmanifolds with left-invariant complex structures. Moreover, we investigate the behaviour of the flow of balanced metrics introduced in [2] and of the anomaly flow [3] on almost abelian Lie groups. In particular, we show that the anomaly flow preserves the balanced condition and that locally conformally Kähler metrics are fixed points.     

Identities of Lie algebras with nilpotent commutator ideal over a field of finite characteristic

Translated from Matematicheskie Zametki, Vol. 51, No. 3, pp. 47–52, March, 1992.