The enveloping algebra of a graded Lie algebra of global dimension two contains a free subalgebra on two generators (Q1072159)

The result of this paper is: Let \({\mathcal J}=\oplus_{j>0}{\mathcal J}_ j\) be a graded Lie algebra over a field k. If its enveloping algebra U(\({\mathcal J})\) has global dimension two then either \({\mathcal J}\) is finite dimensional as a vector space, or U(\({\mathcal J})\) contains a free subalgebra on two homogeneous generators. This is a weaker form of the Avramov-Félix conjecture which completes the proof of the conjecture for spaces of Lyusternik-Shnirel'man category two [\textit{Y. Félix} and the reviewer, Ill. J. Math. (to appear; Zbl 0585.55010); \textit{C. Löfwall}, Lect. Notes Math. 1183, 291-338 (1986)].