A particular test element of a free solvable Lie algebra of rank two (Q2478028)

An element \(g\) of a finitely generated free Lie algebra \(L\) is a test element if any endomorphism of \(L\) fixing \(g\) is an automorphism. For free metabelian Lie algebras of rank \(2\) the existence of test elements was proved by \textit{I. V. Chirkov} and \textit{M. A. Shevelin} [Sib. Mat. Zh. 43, No. 6, 1401--1407 (2002); translation in Sib. Math. J. 43, No. 6, 1135--1140 (2002; Zbl 1035.17008)], and independently by \textit{Z. Esmerligil} and \textit{N. Ekici} [Commun. Algebra 31, No. 11, 5581--5589 (2003; Zbl 1097.17005)]. In this article a test element is constructed for free solvable Lie algebras of solvability class 3 generated by two elements.