Takiff algebras with polynomial rings of symmetric invariants (Q2183727)

Let \(Q\) be an algebraic group over an algebraically closed field \(k\) of characteristic \(0\). Let \(q\) be it's Lie algebra. There exist examples of non-reductive \(Q\)'s such that the invariant algebra \(k[q^*]^Q\) is polynomial. In the paper under review new such examples are found. It is proved that under mild restrictions on \(q\) the passage from \(a\) to the \(m\)-th Takiff algebra \(q< m > =q\otimes k[T]/(T^{m+1})\) preserves the polynomiality of symmetric invariants.