Commutative subalgebras of \(\mathcal{U}(\mathfrak{q})\) of maximal transcendence degree (Q2031156)

Let \(\mathfrak{q}\) be a finite-dimensional Lie algebra over a field of characteristic zero and denote by \(\mathcal{U}(\mathfrak{q})\) the universal enveloping algebra of \(\mathfrak{q}\). It is known that an upper bound for the transcendence degree of a commutative subalgebra of \(\mathcal{U}(\mathfrak{q})\) is given by \((\dim \mathfrak{q} + \mathrm{ind}\,\mathfrak{q})/2\), where \(\mathrm{ind}\,\mathfrak{q}\) denotes the index of \(\mathfrak{q}\). In the main result of the paper under review, the author shows that \(\mathcal{U}(\mathfrak{q})\) contains a commutative subalgebra whose transcendence degree coincides with the aforementioned value.