Graded Lie algebras with few nontrivial components

We prove that if a (?/n?)-graded Lie algebra L = ? _i=0 ^n?1 L _i has d nontrivial components L _i and the null component L ₀ has finite dimension m, then L has a homogeneous solvable ideal of derived length bounded by a function of d and of codimension bounded by a function of m and d. An analogous result holds also for the (?/n?)-graded Lie rings L = ? _i=0 ^n?1 with few nontrivial components L _i if the null component L ₀ has finite order m. These results generalize Kreknin’s theorem on the solvability of the (?/n?)-graded Lie rings L = ? _i=0 ^n?1 L _i with trivial component L ₀ and Shalev’s theorem on the solvability of such Lie rings with few nontrivial components L _i . The proof is based on the method of generalized centralizers which was created by E. I. Khukhro for Lie rings and nilpotent groups with almost regular automorphisms of prime order [1], as well as on the technique developed in the work of N. Yu. Makarenko and E. I. Khukhro on the almost solvability of Lie algebras with an almost regular automorphism of finite order [2].     

Lie algebras with finite Gelfand-Kirillov dimension

We prove that every finitely generated Lie algebra containing a nilpotent ideal of class and finite codimension has Gelfand-Kirillov dimension at most . In particular, finitely generated virtually nilpotent Lie algebras have polynomial growth.

     

Locally finite Lie algebras with root decomposition

Let K be an algebraically closed field of characteristic zero, $\frak {g}$ be a countably dimensional locally finite Lie algebra over K, and $\frak {h} \subset \frak {g}$ be a (a priori non-abelian) locally nilpotent subalgebra of $\frak {g}$ which coincides with its zero Fitting component. We classify all such pairs $(\frak {g}, \frak {h})$ under the assumptions that the locally solvable radical of $\frak {g}$ equals zero and that $\frak {g}$ admits a root decomposition with respect to $\frak {h}$. More precisely, we prove that $\frak {g}$ is the union of reductive subalgebras $\frak {g}_n$ such that the intersections $\frak {g}_n \cap \frak {h}$ are nested Cartan subalgebras of $\frak {g}_n$ with compatible root decompositions. This implies that $\frak {g}$ is root-reductive and that $\frak {h}$ is abelian. Root-reductive locally finite Lie algebras are classified in [6]. The result of the present note is a more general version of the main classification theorem in [9] and is at the same time a new criterion for a locally finite Lie algebra to be root-reductive. Finally we give an explicit example of an abelian selfnormalizing subalgebra $\frak {h}$ of $\frak {g} = \frak {sl}(\infty)$ with respect to which $\frak {g}$ does not admit a root decomposition.Work Supported in Part by the University of Hamburg and the Max Planck Institute for Mathematics, Bonn     

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.     

Graded level zero integrable representations of affine Lie algebras

We study the structure of the category of integrable level zero representations with finite dimensional weight spaces of affine Lie algebras. We show that this category possesses a weaker version of the finite length property, namely that an indecomposable object has finitely many simple constituents which are non-trivial as modules over the corresponding loop algebra. Moreover, any object in this category is a direct sum of indecomposables only finitely many of which are non-trivial. We obtain a parametrization of blocks in this category.

     

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.     

Lie algebras graded by finite root systems and intersection matrix algebras

This paper classifies the Lie algebras graded by doubly-laced finite root systems and applies this classification to identify the intersection matrix algebras arising from multiply affinized Cartan matrices of types B,C,F, and G. This completes the determination of the Lie algebras graded by finite root systems initiated by Berman and Moody who studied the simply-laced finite root systems of rank ≧2. Oblatum 1-XI-1994 & 22-I-1996     

Lie algebras determined by finite valued Auslander-Reiten quivers

Let г denote a connected valued Auslander-Reiten quiver, let ℒ(γ) denote the free abelian group generated by the vertex setγ ₀ and let ℒ(Γ) be the universal cover ofг with fundamental groupG. It is proved that whenγ is a finite connected valued Auslander-Reiten quiver,ℒ(γ) is a Lie subalgebra ofℋ(г), and is just the “orbit” Lie algebra ℒ( )/G, where ℋ (г)₁ is the degenerate Hall algebra ofг and ℒ( )/G is the “orbit” Lie algebra induced by .     

Classification of simple graded Lie algebras of finite growth

Oblatum 27-VII-1990 & 5-VIII-1991     

Exponential growth of Lie algebras of finite global dimension

Let be a connected finite type graded Lie algebra. If dim and gldim , then log index . If, moreover, , then for some ,    dim where log index as

     

Graded algebras

We study the growth in the number of dimensions d_n of the homogeneous component of a graded algebra with a finite number of defining relations and generators for the Poincaré series d_nxⁿ. It is proved that if the defining relations are words, the Poincaré series is a rational function. In the general case inequalities are proved linking the number of dimensions d_n with the number of generators defining relations and their degree.Translated from Matematicheskie Zametki, Vol. 12, No. 2, pp. 197–204, August, 1972.