Cartan connection and its geodesics on a manifold of nondegenerate affinor fields

We consider the quotient manifold of the manifold of nondegenerate affinor fields on a compact manifold with respect to the action of the group of nowhere vanishing functions. On this manifold, we construct a Cartan connection and find its torsion tensor. We also find the geodesics of the Cartan connection.     

Towards a Lie theory of locally convex groups

In this survey, we report on the state of the art of some of the fundamental problems in the Lie theory of Lie groups modeled on locally convex spaces, such as integrability of Lie algebras, integrability of Lie subalgebras to Lie subgroups, and integrability of Lie algebra extensions to Lie group extensions. We further describe how regularity or local exponentiality of a Lie group can be used to obtain quite satisfactory answers to some of the fundamental problems. These results are illustrated by specialization to some specific classes of Lie groups, such as direct limit groups, linear Lie groups, groups of smooth maps and groups of diffeomorphisms.     

Weyl Groups are Finite — and Other Finiteness Properties of Cartan Subalgebras

For each pair (??,??) consisting of a real Lie algebra ?? and a subalgebra a of some Cartan subalgebra ?? of ?? such that [??, ??]∪ [??, ??] we define a Weyl group W(??, ??) and show that it is finite. In particular, W(??, ??,) is finite for any Cartan subalgebra h. The proof involves the embedding of 0 into the Lie algebra of a complex algebraic linear Lie group to which the structure theory of Lie algebras and algebraic groups is applied. If G is a real connected Lie group with Lie algebra ??, the normalizer N(??, G) acts on the finite set Λ of roots of the complexification ??c with respect to hc, giving a representation π : N(??, G)→ S(Λ) into the symmetric group on the set Λ. We call the kernel of this map the Cartan subgroup C(??) of G with respect to h; the image is isomorphic to W(??, ??), and C(??)= {g G : Ad(g)(h)— h ε [h,h] for all h ε h }. All concepts introduced and discussed reduce in special situations to the familiar ones. The information on the finiteness of the Weyl groups is applied to show that under very general circumstance, for b ∪ ?? the set ??? ?(b) remains finite as ? ranges through the full group of inner automorphisms of ??.     

Deformations of the infinite-dimensional Lie algebra L 3

For the nilpotent infinite-dimensional Lie algebra L ₃, we compute the second cohomology group H ²(L ₃, L ₃) with coefficients in the adjoint module. Nontrivial cocycles are found in closed form, and Massey powers are computed for them.     

Integration of locally exponential Lie algebras of vector fields

A locally convex Lie algebra is said to be locally exponential if it belongs to some local Lie group in canonical coordinates. In this note we give criteria for locally exponential Lie algebras of vector fields on an infinite-dimensional manifold to integrate to global Lie group actions. Moreover, we show that all necessary conditions are satisfied if the manifold is finite-dimensional connected and σ-compact, which leads to a generalization of Palais’ Integrability Theorem.      

Recurrence relations and convergence theory of the generalized polar decomposition on Lie groups

The subject matter of this paper is the analysis of some issues related to generalized polar decompositions on Lie groups. This decomposition, depending on an involutive automorphism , is equivalent to a factorization of , being a Lie group, as with and , and was recently discussed by Munthe-Kaas, Quispel and Zanna together with its many applications to numerical analysis. It turns out that, contrary to , an analysis of is a very complicated task. In this paper we derive the series expansion for , obtaining an explicit recurrence relation that completely defines the function in terms of projections on a Lie triple system and a subalgebra of the Lie algebra , and obtain bounds on its region of analyticity. The results presented in this paper have direct application, among others, to linear algebra, integration of differential equations and approximation of the exponential.

     

On lie algebras of affine vector fields of ideal realizations of holomorphic linear connections

We study the properties of real realizations of holomorphic linear connections over associative commutative algebras \(\mathbb{A}\) _m with unity. The following statements are proved.If a holomorphic linear connection ? on M _n over \(\mathbb{A}\) _m (m ≥ 2) is torsion-free and R ≠ 0, then the dimension over ? of the Lie algebra of all affine vector fields of the space (M _mn ^? , ?^?) is no greater than (mn)² ? 2mn + 5, where m = dim_? \(\mathbb{A}\), \(n = dim_\mathbb{A} \) M _n , and ?^? is the real realization of the connection ?.Let ?^? =¹ ? ײ ? be the real realization of a holomorphic linear connection ? over the algebra of double numbers. If the Weyl tensor W = 0 and the components of the curvature tensor ¹ R ≠ 0, ² R ≠ 0, then the Lie algebra of infinitesimal affine transformations of the space (M _2n ^? , ?^?) is isomorphic to the direct sum of the Lie algebras of infinitesimal affine transformations of the spaces ( ^a M _n , ^a ?) (a = 1, 2).     

Universal Central Extensions of Lie Groups

We call a central Z-extension of a group G weakly universal for an Abelian group A if the correspondence assigning to a homomorphism ZA the corresponding A-extension yields a bijection of extension classes. The main problem discussed in this paper is the existence of central Lie group extensions of a connected Lie group G which is weakly universal for all Abelian Lie groups whose identity components are quotients of vector spaces by discrete subgroups. We call these Abelian groups regular. In the first part of the paper we deal with the corresponding question in the context of topological, Fréchet, and Banach–Lie algebras, and in the second part we turn to the groups. Here we start with a discussion of the weak universality for discrete Abelian groups and then turn to regular Lie groups A. The main results are a Recognition and a Characterization Theorem for weakly universal central extensions.     

A strong constructive version of engel's theorem

We examine two problems in the computational theory of Lie algebras. First, we prove a constructive version of Engel's theorem: if L is a finite-dimensional Lie algebra that is not nilpotent, we show how to construct an element x in L such that the linear transformation ad x is not nilpotent. No special assumptions about the underlying field are needed. Second, as an important application of the first result, we give an algorithm for the construction of a Cartan subalgebra of a finite-dimensional Lie algebra. This solves the problem of finding a totally constructive proof of the existence of a Cartan subalgebra, posed by Beck, Kolman, and Stewart in the paper "Computing the Structure of a Lie Algebra". Our proofs are ordinary mathematical proofs that do not employ the general law of excluded middle. The advantage of this approach to mathematics is that our proofs, which are not burdened or obscured by the details of a particular programming language, can nevertheless be routinely turned into computer programs     

A Generalized Global Cartan Decomposition: A Basic Example

Suppose G ₁ ?  G are complex linear simple Lie groups. Let  ₁ ?  be the corresponding pair of Lie algebras. For the Killing-orthogonal  of  ₁ in  we have a vector space direct sum  =  ₁⊕ , which generalizes the classical Cartan decomposition on the Lie algebras level. In this article we study the corresponding problem of a ‘generalized global Cartan decomposition’ on the Lie groups level for the pair of groups ( G , G ₁) = (SL (4,?),Sp (2,?)); here  =  (4,?),  ₁ =  (2,?), and  = {X ?  | X ^? = X}, where X? X ^? is the symplectic involution. We prove that G  =  G ₁exp  ∪ i G ₁exp . The key point of the proof is to study in detail the set exp ; and for that purpose we introduce the J-twisted Pfaffian of size 2n defined on the set of all 2n × 2n matrices X satisfying X ^? = X, which is here a natural counterpart of the standard Pfaffian.     

Pontryagin Classes of Generalized Symmetric Spaces

The real characteristic Pontryagin classes of generalized symmetric spaces with simple compact principal Lie groups are calculated in this paper.     

The Second Lacuna in the Orders of Movement Groups of the Spaces U n

We prove the nonexistence of symmetrically linearly connected spaces of hyperplane elements admitting a movement group G _r with n ² - n + 2 r n² - 1, n 5.     

Modular Lie powers and the Solomon descent algebra

Let V be an r-dimensional vector space over an infinite field F of prime characteristic p, and let L_n(V) denote the nth homogeneous component of the free Lie algebra on V. We study the structure of L_n(V) as a module for the general linear group GL_r(F) when n=pk and k is not divisible by p and where r≥n. Our main result is an explicit 1-1 correspondence, multiplicity-preserving, between the indecomposable direct summands of L_k(V) and the indecomposable direct summands of L_n(V) which are not isomorphic to direct summands of V^⊗n. Our approach uses idempotents of the Solomon descent algebras, and in addition a correspondence theorem for permutation modules of symmetric groups. Second author supported by Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG-Scho 799).     

Integrable cocycles and global deformations of Lie algebra of type G2 in characteristic 2

All classes of integrable cocycles in H²(L,L) are obtained for Lie algebra of type G₂ over an algebraically closed field of characteristic 2. It is proved that there exist only two orbits of classes of integrable cocycles with respect to automorphism group. The global deformation is shown to exist for any nontrivial class of integrable cocycles. These deformations are isomorphic to one of the two algebras of Cartan type, one of which being S(3:1,ω) while the other H(4:1,ω).     

Automorphisms of infinite dimensional Lie algebras of Cartan type

In this paper it is proved that any automorphism of an infinite dimensional Lie algebra of Cartan type over an algebraically closed field of characteristicp>2 can be induced from an automorphism of the associated divided power algebra.     

限制Hamiltonian型及Contact型李代数的不可约表示

设L=H（2r;1）或K（2r+1;1）是定义在特征p>2的代数封闭域F上的限制Hamiltonian型或Contact型李代数.在对广义Jacobson-Witt代数及特殊代数不可约表示的研究基础上,通过定义L的如下阶化:L=L_[q],I,其中I是{1,2,…,r}的子集,得到当p-特征函数χ是正则半单时,所有不可约U_χ（L）-模都是从不可约U_χ(L_[O].I)-模诱导的.     

Maximal subalgebras of the general linear Lie algebra containing Cartan subalgebras

Let gln(R) be the general linear Lie algebra of all n × n matrices over a unital commutative ring R with 2 invertible, dn(R) be the Cartan subalgebra of gln(R) of all diagonal matrices. The maximal subalgebras of gln(R) that contain dn(R) are classified completely.