Symplectic Lie algebras with degenerate center (Q1755562)

This paper is devoted to the analysis of Lie algebras endowed with a symplectic 2-form and possessing a degenerate center. It is proved that Lie algebras of this type are determined by a quadratic extension of symplectic Lie algebras. This allows a description of equivalence classes of algebras in terms of quadratic cohomology sets. These tools are used to propose a generic scheme to classify symplectic algebras with degenerate center, as well as nilpotent symplectic algebras. In particular, amendments to previously published lists of the latter type are made, from which a complete list in the six dimensional case is deduced.