Classification of nilpotent elements in simple real Lie algebras \(E_{6(6)}\) and \(E_{6(-26)}\) and description of their centralizers (Q1107613)

The well known classification of nilpotent elements in simple complex Lie algebras under the adjoint action is completed for absolutely simple real Lie algebras. Let \({\mathfrak g}_ 0\) be such an algebra and so its complexification \({\mathfrak g}\) is also simple. The classification of nilpotent elements of \({\mathfrak g}_ 0\) forms a problem only in the case when \({\mathfrak g}\) is an exceptional algebra. Using some results by Kostant, Sekiguchi, Vinberg and Elashvili allows to carry over the classification and only two cases remain open, when \({\mathfrak g}_ 0\) is of type \(E_{6(6)}\) or \(E_{6(-26)}\). They are considered by the author in this paper. \par He obtains by computations carried out on an IBM PC that the number of nonzero nilpotent orbits, under the action of the adjoint group \(G_ 0\) of \({\mathfrak g}_ 0\), is 2 resp. 23. These orbits are listed, together with some other pertinent information, in two tables. The last column in these tables gives the isomorphism type of the Lie algebra of a Levi factor of the centralizer in \(G_ 0\) of the corresponding nilpotent element of \({\mathfrak g}_ 0\).