Lie algebras with anisotropic Engel subalgebras

Engel-5 Lie Algebras

On permutably complemented subalgebras of finite dimensional Lie algebras

Let $L$ be a finite-dimensional Lie algebra. We say a subalgebra $H$ of $L$ is permutably complemented in $L$ if there is a subalgebra $K$ of $L$ such that $L=H+K$ and $Hcap K=0$. Also, if every subalgebra of $L$ is permutably complemented in $L$, then $L$ is called completely factorisable. In this article, we consider the influence of these concepts on the structure of a Lie algebra, in partic...

Nice Parabolic Subalgebras of Reductive Lie Algebras

This paper gives a classification of parabolic subalgebras of simple Lie algebras over C that are complexifications of parabolic subalgebras of real forms for which Lynch’s vanishing theorem for generalized Whittaker modules is non-vacuous. The paper also describes normal forms for the admissible characters in the sense of Lynch (at least in the quasi-split cases) and analyzes the important spe...

Primitive Subalgebras of Exceptional Lie Algebras

The object of this paper is to classify (up to inner automorphism) the primitive, maximal rank, reductive subalgebras of the (complex) exceptional Lie algebras. By primitive we mean that the subalgebras correspond to (possibly disconnected) maximal Lie subgroups. In [3], the corresponding classification for the (complex) classical Lie algebras was completed, as was the classification for the no...

Small Semisimple Subalgebras of Semisimple Lie Algebras

The goal of Section 2 is to provide a proof of Theorem 2.0.1. Section 3 introduces the necessary facts about Lie algebras and representation theory, with the goal being the proof of Proposition 3.5.7 (ultimately as an application of Theorem 2.0.1), and Proposition 3.3.1. In Section 4 we prove the main theorem, using Propositions 3.3.1 and 3.5.7. In Section 5, we apply the theorem to the special...