Extremal presentations for classical Lie algebras

DOI10.1016/J.JALGEBRA.2009.04.015MaRDI QIDQ731216zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Jos in 't panhuis, Erik Postma, Dan Roozemond

Publication date 2 October 2009

Published in Journal of Algebra (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/0705.2332

zbMATH Keywords

Chevalley algebrasextremal elementsgenerators and relationsLie algebras

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Structure theory for Lie algebras and superalgebras (17B05)

Abstract: The long-root elements in Lie algebras of Chevalley type have been well studied and can be characterized as extremal elements, that is, elements $x$ such that the image of $(adx{)}^2$ lies in the subspace spanned by $x$. In this paper, assuming an algebraically closed base field of characteristic not 2, we find presentations of the Lie algebras of classical Chevalley type by means of minimal sets of extremal generators. The relations are described by simple graphs on the sets. For example, for $C_n$ the graph is a path of length $2n$, and for $A_n$ the graph is the triangle connected to a path of length $n-3$.

Review text

For a given Lie algebra \(L\) over a field \(F\), elements \(x\) such that \([x[xL]]\subseteq F x\) are called extremal. Long root elements are extremal in Lie algebras of Chevalley type, i.e., those Lie algebras that are given by the multiplication table of a Chevalley basis, coming from a simple Lie algebra in characteristic 0. In [J. Algebra 236, No. 1, 122--154 (2001; Zbl 1076.17500)], Lie algebras generated by extremal elements were studied and the minimum size of extremal generator sets for classical and exceptional Lie algebras of Chevalley type are obtained. In this paper the authors find presentations of the Lie algebras of classical Chevalley type by means of minimal sets of extremal generators. The relations are described by simple graphs on the generator sets. Four different graphs are displayed, one for each classical family of Lie algebras. Over fields of characteristic not \(2\) and under certain Zariski open conditions, the authors proved that classical Lie algebras can be recovered from the corresponding graphs up to in case \(A_{n-1}\) and \(n\) be divided by the characteristic of the based field.

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