Left-symmetric structures on simple modular Lie algebras (Q1336464)

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Left-symmetric structures on simple modular Lie algebras
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    Left-symmetric structures on simple modular Lie algebras (English)
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    26 June 1995
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    Left-symmetric structures on Lie algebras arise in the theory of affine manifolds. It was known that a finite-dimensional simple Lie algebra \({\mathfrak g}\) over a field \(k\) does not admit any left-symmetric structure if \(\text{char} (k)=0\). The author shows that when \(\text{char} (k) =p>0\) and \({\mathfrak g}\) is classical, \({\mathfrak g}\) admits a left-symmetric structure only in case \(p\mid\dim {\mathfrak g}\). On the other hand, some nonrestricted simple Lie algebras of Cartan type, e.g., the Block algebras \({\mathcal L} (G, \delta, f)\) of dimension \(p^ n-1\), admit left- symmetric structures for every \(p>0\).
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    left-symmetric structures
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    simple modular Lie algebras
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    nonrestricted simple Lie algebras of Cartan type
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