Completion of restricted Lie algebras

We study pro-‘finite dimensional finite exponent’ completions of restricted Lie algebras over finite fields of characteristicp. These compact Hausdorff topological restricted Lie algebras, called pro- restricted Lie algebras, are the restricted Lie-theoretic analogues of pro-p groups. A structure theory for pro- restricted Lie algebras with finite rank is developed. In particular, the centre of such a Lie algebra is shown to be open. As an application we examinep-adic analytic pro-p groups in terms of their associated pro- restricted Lie algebras. Supported by NSERC of Canada.     

Representations of centrally-extended Lie algebras over differential operators and vertex algebras

We construct irreducible modules of centrally-extended classical Lie algebras over left ideals of the algebra of differential operators on the circle, through certain irreducible modules of centrally-extended classical Lie algebras of infinite matrices with finite number of nonzero entries. The structures of vertex algebras associated with the vacuum representations of these algebras are determined. Moreover, we prove that under certain conditions, the highest-weight irreducible modules of centrally-extended classical Lie algebras of infinite matrices with finite number of nonzero entries naturally give rise to the irreducible modules of the simple quotients of these vertex algebras. From vertex algebra and its representation point of view, our results with positive integral central charge are high-order differential operator analogues of the well-known WZW models in conformal field theory associated with affine Kac-Moody algebras. Indeed, when the left ideals are the algebra of differential operators, our Lie algebras do contain affine Kac-Moody algebras as subalgebras and our results restricted on them are exactly the representation contents in WZW models. Similar results with negative central charge are also obtained.     

Locally finite dimensional lie algebras and their derivation algebras

The derivation algebras of all locally finite dimensional locally simple Lie algebras over a field of characteristic 0 are determined. Every locally finite dimensional Lie algebra of countable dimension is a subalgebra of the outer derivation algebra outder (ℒ) for every Lie algebra ℒ, which is the direct limit of diagonally embedded classical Lie algebras. These outer derivation algebras have dimension ℒ and are never locally finite dimensional. Dedicated to Prof. H. Petersson on the occasion of his 60th birthday     

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.     

A structural characterization of the simple Lie algebras of generalized Cartan type over fields of prime characteristic

Lie algebras of Cartan type over fields of prime characteristic were introduced by [15. and 16.] [15]. More general definitions were later given in [12, 13, 16, 23]. In this paper we give a further generalization of the definition of Lie algebra of Cartan type and a structural characterization of the simple finite dimensional Lie algebras of generalized Cartan type over algebraically closed fields.     

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.     

The nucleus for restricted Lie algebras

The nucleus was a concept first developed in the cohomology theory for finite groups. In this paper the authors investigate the nucleus for restricted Lie algebras. The nucleus is explicitly described for several important classes of Lie algebras.

     

Directed pseudo-graphs and lie algebras over finite fields

The main goal of this paper is to show an application of Graph Theory to classifying Lie algebras over finite fields. It is rooted in the representation of each Lie algebra by a certain pseudo-graph. As partial results, it is deduced that there exist, up to isomorphism, four, six, fourteen and thirty-four 2-, 3-, 4-, and 5-dimensional algebras of the studied family, respectively, over the field ?/2?. Over ?/3?, eight and twenty-two 2- and 3-dimensional Lie algebras, respectively, are also found. Finally, some ideas for future research are presented.     

Trialitarian automorphisms of lie algebras

Over an algebraically closed field of characteristic zero simple Lie algebras admit outer automorphisms of order 3 if and only if they are of type D₄. Moreover, thereare two conjugacy classes of such automorphisms. Among orthogonal Lie algebras over arbitrary fields of characteristic zero, only orthogonal Lie algebras relative to quadratic norm forms of Cayley algebras admit outer automorphisms of order 3. We give a complete list of conjugacy classes of outer automorphisms of order 3 for orthogonal Lie algebras over arbitrary fields of characteristic zero. For the norm form of a given Cayley algebra, one class is associated with the Cayley algebra and the others with central simple algebras of degree 3 with involution of the second kind such that the cohomological invariant of the involution is the norm form.     

Restricted Lie algebras all whose elements are semisimple

People studied the properties and structures of restricted Lie algebras all whose elements are semisimple. It is the main objective of this paper to continue the investigation in order to obtain deeper structure theorems. We obtain some sufficient conditions for the commutativity of restricted Lie algebras, generalize some results of R. Farnsteiner and characterize some properties of a finite-dimensional semisimple restricted Lie algebra all whose elements are semisimple. Moreover, we show that a centralsimple restricted Lie algebra all whose elements are semisimple over a field of characteristic p > 7 is a form of a classical Lie algebra.     

Prime and semiprime lattice ordered lie algebras

The concepts of prime Lie algebras and semiprime Lie algebras are important in the study of Lie algebras. The purpose of this paper is to investigate generalizations of these concepts to lattice ordered Lie algebras over partially ordered fields. Some results concerning the properties of l-prime and l-semiprime lattice ordered Lie algebras are obtained. A necessary and sufficient condition for a lattice ordered Lie algebra to be an l-prime Lie l-algebra is presented.     

Graded Lie algebras of maximal class. V

We describe the isomorphism classes of certain infinite-dimensional graded Lie algebras of maximal class, generated by an element of weight one and an element of weight two, over fields of even characteristic. Partially supported by MURST (Italy) via project “Graded Lie algebras and pro-p-groups of finite width”. The first author is a member of GNSAGA-INdAM. The second author is grateful to the Department of Mathematics of the University of Trento for their kind hospitality, and to MURST (Italy) for financial support.     

The commutator width of some relatively free lie algebras and nilpotent groups

We determine the exact values of the commutator width of absolutely free and free solvable Lie rings of finite rank, as well as free and free solvable Lie algebras of finite rank over an arbitrary field. We calculate the values of the commutator width of free nilpotent and free metabelian nilpotent Lie algebras of rank 2 or of nilpotency class 2 over an arbitrary field. We also find the values of the commutator width for free nilpotent and free metabelian nilpotent Lie algebras of finite rank at least 3 over an arbitrary field in the case that the nilpotency class exceeds the rank at least by 2. In the case of free nilpotent and free metabelian nilpotent Lie rings of arbitrary finite rank, as well as free nilpotent and free metabelian nilpotent Lie algebras of arbitrary finite rank over the field of rationals, we calculate the values of commutator width without any restrictions. It follows in particular that the free or nonabelian free solvable Lie rings of distinct finite ranks, as well as the free or nonabelian free solvable Lie algebras of distinct finite ranks over an arbitrary field are not elementarily equivalent to each other. We also calculate the exact values of the commutator width of free ?-power nilpotent, free nilpotent, free metabelian, and free metabelian nilpotent groups of finite rank.     

Based algebras and standard bases for quasi-hereditary algebras

Quasi-hereditary algebras can be viewed as a Lie theory approach to the theory of finite dimensional algebras. Motivated by the existence of certain nice bases for representations of semisimple Lie algebras and algebraic groups, we will construct in this paper nice bases for (split) quasi-hereditary algebras and characterize them using these bases. We first introduce the notion of a standardly based algebra, which is a generalized version of a cellular algebra introduced by Graham and Lehrer, and discuss their representation theory. The main result is that an algebra over a commutative local noetherian ring with finite rank is split quasi-hereditary if and only if it is standardly full-based. As an application, we will give an elementary proof of the fact that split symmetric algebras are not quasi-hereditary unless they are semisimple. Finally, some relations between standardly based algebras and cellular algebras are also discussed.     

Convex topological algebras via linear vector fields and Cuntz algebras

A realization by linear vector fields is constructed for any Lie algebra which admits a biorthogonal system and for its any suitable representation. The embedding into Lie algebras of linear vector fields is in analogue to the classical Jordan—Schwinger map. A number of examples of such Lie algebras of linear vector fields is computed. In particular, we obtain examples of the twisted Heisenberg-Virasoro Lie algebra and the Schrödinger-Virasoro Lie algebras among others. More generally, we construct an embedding of an arbitrary locally convex topological algebra into the Cuntz algebra.     

The Jordan socle and finitary Lie algebras

In this paper we introduce the notion of Jordan socle for nondegenerate Lie algebras, which extends the definition of socle given in [A. Fernández López et al., 3-Graded Lie algebras with Jordan finiteness conditions, Comm. Algebra, in press] for 3-graded Lie algebras. Any nondegenerate Lie algebra with essential Jordan socle is an essential subdirect product of strongly prime ones having nonzero Jordan socle. These last algebras are described, up to exceptional cases, in terms of simple Lie algebras of finite rank operators and their algebras of derivations. When working with Lie algebras which are infinite dimensional over an algebraically closed field of characteristic 0, the exceptions disappear and the algebras of derivations are computed.     

The cohomology of the Heisenberg Lie algebras over fields of finite characteristic

We give explicit formulas for the cohomology of the Heisenberg Lie algebras over fields of finite characteristic. We use this to show that in characteristic two, unlike all other cases, the Betti numbers are unimodal.

     

Derivations of generalized Weyl algebras

A class of the associative and Lie algebras A[D] = A F[D] of Weyl type are studied, where A is a commutative associative algebra with an identity element over a field F of characteristic zero, and F[D] is the polynomial algebra of a finite dimensional commutative subalgebra of locally finite derivations of A such that A is D-simple. The derivations of these associative and Lie algebras are precisely determined.     

A radical splitting theorem for bernstein algebras

We introduce the notion of radical in Bernstein algebras and prove a splitting theorem, that is an analog of a well-known statement in classical varieties of algebras. Note that in this situation Bernstein algebras are more similar to solvable Lie and Malcev algebras (see [4], [6]) than to associative, Jordan or Binary Lie ones.

Throughout the paper all algebras and vector spaces are finite dimensional over an algebraically closed field k of characteristic 0.     

Two generator subalgebras of Lie algebras

In [Thompson, J., 1968, Non-solvable finite groups all of whose local subgroups are solvable. Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society, 74, 383–437.], Thompson showed that a finite group G is solvable if and only if every two-generated subgroup is solvable (Corollary 2, p. 388). Recently, Grunevald et al. [Grunewald et al., 2000, Two-variable identities in groups and Lie algebras. Rossiiskaya Akademiya Nauk POMI, 272, 161–176; 2003. Journal of Mathematical Sciences (New York), 116, 2972–2981.] have shown that the analogue holds for finite-dimensional Lie algebras over infinite fields of characteristic greater than 5. It is a natural question to ask to what extent the two-generated subalgebras determine the structure of the algebra. It is to this question that this article is addressed. Here, we consider the classes of strongly-solvable and of supersolvable Lie algebras, and the property of triangulability.