Lie algebras of an affinization of a generalized Cartan matrix (Q1127966)
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Lie algebras of an affinization of a generalized Cartan matrix (English)
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24 May 2000
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The author defines the affinized Lie algebra \(g_a(A^{[1]})\) of \(A^{[1]}\), a 1-fold affinization of a generalized Cartan matrix \(A\) of finite or affine type and proves that the affinized Lie algebra \(g_a (A^{[1]})\) and the radical free contragredient Lie algebra \(g_c (A^{[1]})\) are homomorphic images of a Lie algebra with finitely generated many kernels.
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toroidal Lie algebra
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affinized Lie algebra
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generalized Cartan matrix
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contragredient Lie algebra
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