Computation of positively graded filiform nilpotent Lie algebras in low dimensions (Q2048157)

Let \(\mathfrak{g}\) be a Lie algebra of finite dimension \(n\) over the rational, real, or complex numbers. Suppose \(\mathfrak{g}\) has a grading \(\oplus \mathfrak{g}_{i}\) over the positive integers, so that \(\mathfrak{g}\) is nilpotent, with the Lie power \(\mathfrak{g}^{n}\) vanishing. \(\mathfrak{g}\) is said to be positively graded filiform if it has the largest possible nilpotence class, that is, the Lie power \(\mathfrak{g}^{n-1}\) is different from \(0\). Positively graded filiform Lie algebras up to dimension \(8\) have been classified, see [\textit{R. M. Arroyo}, Rocky Mt. J. Math. 41, No. 4, 1025--1043 (2011; Zbl 1222.53045)]. In the paper under review an algorithm to enumerate, via successive central extensions, positively graded filiform Lie algebras by dimension is described. The resulting classification for \(n \le 10\), over the complex numbers, is reported in the paper, although the authors have been able to go up to \(n = 15\).