Generalized classical Albert-Zassenhaus Lie algebras

Classical Lie Algebras

Classical Lie algebras

1 Classical Lie algebras A Lie algebra is a vector space g with a bilinear map [, ] : g× g → g such that (a) [x, y] = −[y, x], for x, y ∈ g, and (b) (Jacobi identity) [x, [y, z]] + [z, [x, y]] + [y, [z, x]] = 0, for all x, y, z ∈ g. A bilinear form 〈, 〉 : g× g → C is ad-invariant if, for all x, y, z ∈ g, 〈adx(y), z〉 = −〈y, adx(z)〉, where adx(y) = [x, y], (1.1) for x, y,∈ g. The Killing form is ...

Graphs for Classical Lie Algebras

A nonzero element x of a Lie algebra L over a field F is called extremal if [x, [x,L]] ⊆ Fx. Extremal elements are a well-studied class of elements in simple finite-dimensional Lie algebras of Chevalley type: they are the long root elements. In [CSUW01], Cohen, Steinbach, Ushirobira and Wales have studied Lie algebras generated by extremal elements, in particular those of Chevalley type. The au...

Yangians and Classical Lie Algebras

Richardson Elements for Classical Lie Algebras

Parabolic subalgebras of semi-simple Lie algebras decompose as p = m⊕ n where m is a Levi factor and n the corresponding nilradical. By Richardsons theorem [R], there exists an open orbit under the action of the adjoint group P on the nilradical. The elements of this dense orbits are known as Richardson elements. In this paper we describe a normal form for Richardson elements in the classical c...