On varieties of bounded lie algebras

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Rigidity of free algebras in varieties of lie algebras

In this paper the main result is the rigidity of varietally free Lie algebras within the varieties where they are free. In fact, these algebras are usually free in some larger varieties, such as various types of the commutator varieties, and this is demonstrated in this paper as well. A related paper is [2] where, among some other results, we claimed the rigidity of free metabelian algebras within the respective variety of Lie algebras.     

Affine varieties and lie algebras of vector fields

In this article, we associate to affine algebraic or local analytic varieties their tangent algebra. This is the Lie algebra of all vector fields on the ambient space which are tangent to the variety. Properties of the relation between varieties and tangent algebras are studied. Being the tangent algebra of some variety is shown to be equivalent to a purely Lie algebra theoretic property of subalgebras of the Lie algebra of all vector fields on the ambient space. This allows to prove that the isomorphism type of the variety is determinde by its tangent algebra.     

Exponents of varieties of lie algebras with a nilpotent commutator subalgebra

We prove that the growth exponent of any variety of Lie algebras with a nilpotent commutator subalgebra is integral.     

Quaternionic lie algebras

Lie algebras which are isomorphic to central quotients of quaternion division algebras are investigated.     

HNN-extensions of lie algebras

We define HNN-extensions of Lie algebras and study their properties. In particular, a sufficient condition for freeness of subalgebras is obtained. We also study differential HNN-extensions of associative rings. These constructions are used to give short proofs of Malcev's and Shirshov's theorems that an associative or Lie algebra of finite or countable dimension is embeddable into a two-generator algebra.

     

Underlying lie algebras of quadratic Novikov algebras

Novikov algebras were introduced in connection with the Poisson brackets of hydrodynamic type and the Hamiltonian operators in formal variational calculus. In this note we prove that the underlying Lie algebras of quadratic Novikov algebras are 2-step nilpotent. Moreover, we give the classification up to dimension 10.     

The centralizer algebras of lie color algebras

In his 1977 paper, V.G. Kac classified the finite-dimensional simple complex Lie superalgebras. After Kac’s paper, M. Scheunert initiated the study of a generalization of Lie superalgebras - the Lie color algebras. We construct some new families of simple Lie color algebras. Following the work of A. Berele and A. Regev and A.N. Sergeev, who studied the general linear and sq(n)-series superalgebra cases, and the work of G. Benkart, C. Lee Shader, and A. Ram, who studied the orthosymplectic cases, we examine the centralizer algebras of some classical Lie superalgebras and their Lie color algebra counterparts acting on tensor space and derive Schur-Weyl duality results for these algebras and their centralizers.