Group Algebras of Finite Groups as Lie Algebras

Group Algebras of Finite Groups as Lie Algebras

We consider the natural Lie algebra structure on the (associative) group algebra of a finite group G, and show that the Lie subalgebras associated to natural involutive antiautomorphisms of this group algebra are reductive ones. We give a decomposition in simple factors of these Lie algebras, in terms of the ordinary representations of G. MSC 2000 : 20C15,17B99.

Double Affine Lie Algebras and Finite Groups

We begin to study the Lie theoretical analogs of symplectic reflection algebras for Γ a finite cyclic group, which we call “cyclic double affine Lie algebra”. We focus on type A : in the finite (resp. affine, double affine) case, we prove that these structures are finite (resp. affine, toroidal) type Lie algebras, but the gradings differ. The case which is essentially new is sln(C[u, v] o Γ). W...

Lie Groups and Lie Algebras

Lie Groups and Lie Algebras

A Lie group is, roughly speaking, an analytic manifold with a group structure such that the group operations are analytic. Lie groups arise in a natural way as transformation groups of geometric objects. For example, the group of all affine transformations of a connected manifold with an affine connection and the group of all isometries of a pseudo-Riemannian manifold are known to be Lie groups...

Lie Algebras, Algebraic Groups, and Lie Groups

These notes are an introduction to Lie algebras, algebraic groups, and Lie groups in characteristic zero, emphasizing the relationships between these objects visible in their categories of representations. Eventually these notes will consist of three chapters, each about 100 pages long, and a short appendix. Single paper copies for noncommercial personal use may be made without explicit permiss...