Metric Lie algebras and quadratic extensions

The present paper contains a systematic study of the structure of metric Lie algebras, i.e., finite-dimensional real Lie algebras equipped with a nondegenerate invariant symmetric bilinear form. We show that any metric Lie algebra g without simple ideals has the structure of a so called balanced quadratic extension of an auxiliary Lie algebra l by an orthogonal l-module a in a canonical way. Identifying equivalence classes of quadratic extensions of l by a with a certain cohomology set H²_Q(l,a), we obtain a classification scheme for general metric Lie algebras and a complete classification of metric Lie algebras of index 3.     

Volterra-like Banach Algebras and their Second Duals

 This paper presents and studies a class of algebras which includes the usual Volterra algebra. Roughly speaking, they relate to the Volterra algebra in the way a general locally compact group relates to ℝ. We show that they can be viewed as quotients of some semigroup algebras introduced by Baker and Baker [1]. Their sets of nilpotent elements are dense. We investigate the second duals of these algebras and find that most of the properties found in [7] for the biduals of the group algebras L ¹(G) for compact G are retained here.     

Leibniz algebras with pseudo-Riemannian bilinear forms

M. Bordemann has studied non-associative algebras with nondegenerate associative bilinear forms. In this paper, we focus on pseudo-Riemannian bilinear forms and study pseudo-Riemannian Leibniz algebras, i.e., Leibniz algebras with pseudo-Riemannian non-degenerate symmetric bilinear forms. We give the notion and some properties of T*-extensions of Leibniz algebras. In addition, we introduce the definition of equivalence and isometrical equivalence for two T*-extensions of a Leibniz algebra, and give a sufficient and necessary condition for the equivalence and isometrical equivalence.     

Calcul Fonctionnel Holomorphe Global Unicité et Invariance Par Les Homomorphismes D’algebres de Banach

LetA be a commutative Banach algebra with unit. Denote byX _A, the global spectrum ofA. There is a holomorphic functional calculusθ _A:O(X _A)→A such thatθ _A(a)=a. In this paper, we show the uniqueness of the global holomorphic functional calculus and we establish its compatibility with Banach algebra morphisms. We also extend this holomorphic functional calculus to the case ofImc algebras.      

An Algebraic Framework for Group Duality

A Hopf algebra is a pair (A, Δ) whereAis an associative algebra with identity andΔa homomorphism formAtoA⊗Asatisfying certain conditions. If we drop the assumption thatAhas an identity and if we allowΔto have values in the so-called multiplier algebraM(A⊗A), we get a natural extension of the notion of a Hopf algebra. We call this a multiplier Hopf algebra. The motivating example is the algebra of complex functions with finite support on a group with the comultiplication defined as dual to the product in the group. Also for these multiplier Hopf algebras, there is a natural notion of left and right invariance for linear functionals (called integrals in Hopf algebra theory). We show that, if such invariant functionals exist, they are unique (up to a scalar) and faithful. For a regular multiplier Hopf algebra (A, Δ) (i.e., with invertible antipode) with invariant functionals, we construct, in a canonical way, the dual (Â, Δ). It is again a regular multiplier Hopf algebra with invariant functionals. It is also shown that the dual of (Â, Δ) is canonically isomorphic with the original multiplier Hopf algebra (A, Δ). It is possible to generalize many aspects of abstract harmonic analysis here. One can define the Fourier transform; one can prove Plancherel's formula. Because any finite-dimensional Hopf algebra is a regular multiplier Hopf algebra and has invariant functionals, our duality theorem applies to all finite-dimensional Hopf algebras. Then it coincides with the usual duality for such Hopf algebras. But our category of multiplier Hopf algebras also includes, in a certain way, the discrete (quantum) groups and the compact (quantum) groups. Our duality includes the duality between discrete quantum groups and compact quantum groups. In particular, it includes the duality between compact abelian groups and discrete abelian groups. One of the nice features of our theory is that we have an extension of this duality to the non-abelian case, but within one category. This is shown in the last section of our paper where we introduce the algebras of compact type and the algebras of discrete type. We prove that also these are dual to each other. We treat an example that is sufficiently general to illustrate most of the different features of our theory. It is also possible to construct the quantum double of Drinfel'd within this category. This provides a still wider class of examples. So, we obtain many more than just the compact and discrete quantum within this setting.     

Volterra-like Banach Algebras and their Second Duals

 This paper presents and studies a class of algebras which includes the usual Volterra algebra. Roughly speaking, they relate to the Volterra algebra in the way a general locally compact group relates to ℝ. We show that they can be viewed as quotients of some semigroup algebras introduced by Baker and Baker [1]. Their sets of nilpotent elements are dense. We investigate the second duals of these algebras and find that most of the properties found in [7] for the biduals of the group algebras L ¹(G) for compact G are retained here. Received 8 July 1997; in revised form 17 November 1997     

On dimension of the Schur multiplier of nilpotent Lie algebras

Let L be an n-dimensional non-abelian nilpotent Lie algebra and $ s(L) = \frac{1} {2}(n - 1)(n - 2) + 1 - \dim M(L) $ s(L) = \frac{1} {2}(n - 1)(n - 2) + 1 - \dim M(L) where M(L) is the Schur multiplier of L. In [Niroomand P., Russo F., A note on the Schur multiplier of a nilpotent Lie algebra, Comm. Algebra (in press)] it has been shown that s(L) ≥ 0 and the structure of all nilpotent Lie algebras has been determined when s(L) = 0. In the present paper, we will characterize all finite dimensional nilpotent Lie algebras with s(L) = 1; 2.     

Some Boolean Algebras with Finitely Many Distinguished Ideals I

We consider the theory Th_prin of Boolean algebras with a principal ideal, the theory Th_max of Boolean algebras with a maximal ideal, the theory Th_ac of atomic Boolean algebras with an ideal where the supremum of the ideal exists, and the theory Th_sa of atomless Boolean algebras with an ideal where the supremum of the ideal exists. First, we find elementary invariants for Th_prin and Th_sa. If T is a theory in a first order language and α is a linear order with least element, then we let Sentalg(T) be the Lindenbaum-Tarski algebra with respect to T, and we let intalg(α) be the interval algebra of α. Using rank diagrams, we show that Sentalg(Th_prin) ? intalg(ω⁴), Sentalg(Th_max) ? intalg(ω³) ? Sentalg(Th_ac), and Sentalg(Th_sa) ? intalg(ω² + ω²). For Th_max and Th_ac we use Ershov's elementary invariants of these theories. We also show that the algebra of formulas of the theory Tx of Boolean algebras with finitely many ideals is atomic.     

Construction of vertex operator algebras from commutative associative algebras

Given a commutative associative algebra A with an associative form (’), we construct a vertex operator algebra V with the weight two space V₂;? A If in addition the form (’) is nondegenerate, we show that there is a simple vertex operator algebra with V₂;? A We also show that if A is semisimple, then the vertex operator algebra constructed is the tensor products of a certain number of Virasoro vertex operator algebras.     

𝒪-Operators of Loday Algebras and Analogues of the Classical Yang–Baxter Equation

We introduce notions of 𝒪-operators of the Loday algebras including the dendriform algebras and quadri-algebras as a natural generalization of Rota–Baxter operators. The invertible 𝒪-operators give a sufficient and necessary condition on the existence of the 2 ⁿ⁺¹ operations on an algebra with the 2 ⁿ operations in an associative cluster. The analogues of the classical Yang–Baxter equation in these algebras can be understood as the 𝒪-operators associated to certain dual bimodules. As a byproduct, the constraint conditions (invariances) of nondegenerate bilinear forms on these algebras are given.     

Structure of nondegenerate alternative algebras

The construction of nearly classical localization is presented, on the basis of which the structure of nondegenerate alternative algebras is described by means of the theory of orthogonally complete algebraic systems. As a consequence, it is shown that a nondegenerate alternative algebra either is associative or contains a Cayley-Dickson subring. Quotient algebras of nondegenerate alternative algebras by prime ideals are nondegenerate.Translated from Trudy Seminara imeni I. G. Petrovskogo, No. 12, pp. 59–74, 1987.     

On certain finite-dimensional algebras generated by two idempotents

This paper is concerned with algebras generated by two idempotents P and Q satisfying (PQ)^m=(QP)^m and (PQ)^m-1≠(QP)^m-1. The main result is the classification of all these algebras, implying that for each m?2 there exist exactly eight nonisomorphic copies. As an application, it is shown that if an element of such an algebra has a nondegenerate leading term, then it is group invertible, and a formula for the explicit computation of the group inverse is given.     

The Socle of a Metric n-Lie Algebra

We define the socle of an n-Lie algebra as the sum of all the minimal ideals. An n-Lie algebra is called metric if it is endowed with an invariant nondegenerate symmetric bilinear form. We characterize the socle of a metric n-Lie algebra, which is closely related to the radical and the center of the metric n-Lie algebra. In particular, the socle of a metric n-Lie algebra is reductive, and a metric n-Lie algebra is solvable if and only if the socle coincides with its center. We also calculate the metric dimensions of simple and reductive n-Lie algebras and give a lower bound in the nonreductive case.     

Conservative algebras of 2-dimensional algebras,II

In 1990 Kantor defined the conservative algebra W(n) of all algebras (i.e. bilinear maps) on the n-dimensional vector space. If n>1, then the algebra W(n) does not belong to any well-known class of algebras (such as associative, Lie, Jordan, or Leibniz algebras). We describe automorphisms, one-sided ideals, and idempotents of W(2). Also similar problems are solved for the algebra W₂ of all commutative algebras on the 2-dimensional vector space and for the algebra S₂ of all commutative algebras with trace zero multiplication on the 2-dimensional vector space.     

Characterization of Operators on the Dual of Hypergroups which Commute with Translations and Convolutions

For a locally compact group G, L^1 (G) is its group algebra and L^∞(G) is the dual of L^1 (G).Lau has studied the bounded linear operators T:L^∞(G)→L^∞(G) which commute with convolutions and translations. For a subspace H of L^∞(G), we know that M(L^∞(G),H), the Banach algebra of all bounded linear operators on L^∞(G) into H which commute with convolutions, has been studied by Pyre and Lau. In this paper, we generalize these problems to L(K)^*, the dual of a hypergroup algebra L(K) in a very general setting, i.e. we do not assume that K admits a Haar measure. It should be noted that these algebras include not only the group algebra L^1(G) but also most of the semigroup algebras.Compact hypergroups have a Haar measure, however, in general it is not known that every hypergroup has a Haar measure. The lack of the Haar measure and involution presents many difficulties; however,we succeed in getting some interesting results.     

A Frobenius–Schur Theorem for Hopf Algebras

We prove a version of the Frobenius–Schur theorem for a finite-dimensional semisimple Hopf algebra H over an algebraically closed field; if the field has characteristic p not 0, H is also assumed to be cosemisimple. Then for each irreducible representation V of H, we define a Schur indicator for V, which reduces to the classical Schur indicator when H is the group algebra of a finite group. We prove that this indicator is 0 if and only if V is not self-dual. If V is self dual, then the indicator is positive (respectively, negative) if and only if V admits a nondegenerate bilinear symmetric (resp., skew-symmetric) H-invariant form. A more general result is proved for algebras with involution.     

Auslander-Regular and Cohen–Macaulay Quantum Groups

The quantized enveloping C(q)-algebra U _q (C) associated to a Cartan matirx C is Auslander-regular and Cohen–Macaulay. This is deduced from a general theorem, which also applies to solvable polynomial algebras. The results are obtained by constructing a new filtration keeping the properties of the associated graded algebra of a given multi-filtered algebra.     

Nondegenerate graded lie algebras with degenerate transitive subalgebras

The property of degeneration of modular graded Lie algebras, first investigated by B. Weisfeiler is analyzed. Transitive irreducible graded Lie algebras over an algebraically closed field of characteristic p > 2 with classical reductive component L ₀ are considered. We show that if a nondegenerate Lie algebra L containes a transitive degenerate subalgebra L′such that dim L′₁ > 1, then L is an infinite-dimensional Lie algebra. Translated from Sovremennaya Matematika i Ee Prilozheniya (Contemporary Mathematics and Its Applications), Vol. 60, Algebra, 2008.     

Spectral synthesis in regular Banach algebras

We prove that every locally compact non-discrete abelian groupG contains a compact subsetE such thatA(E) — the restriction algebra ofA(G) toE — admits spectral synthesis, although it contains a closed, regular, self-adjoint subalgebra which is isomorphic to an algebra of infinitely differentiable functions on [−1, 1]. We also give some general results concerning the failure of spectral synthesis in regular Banach algebras. This paper is a part of the author’s Ph.D. thesis prepared at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, under the supervision of Professor Y. Katznelson, to whom the author wishes to express his gratitude for his valuable remarks, and the interest he showed in the preparation of this paper.     

Cohomology of algebras of semidihedral type. IV

The present paper continues a series of papers by the author (some of them are written in collaboration) in which the Yoneda algebra is calculated for several families of algebras of dihedral and semidihedral type (in K. Erdmann’s classification). In the present paper, the Yoneda algebra is described (in terms of quivers with relations) for algebras of semidihedral type, namely, of the families SD(2A)₁, SD(2A)₂, and SD(3A)₂. Bibliography: 13 titles. __________ Translated from Zapiski Nauchnykh Seminarov POMI, Vol. 319, 2004, pp. 71–116.