On non-singular 2-step nilpotent Lie algebras (Q477944)
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On non-singular 2-step nilpotent Lie algebras (English)
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10 December 2014
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A \(2\)-step nilpotent Lie algebra \(\mathfrak{n}\) is called non-singular if \(\text{ad}\,X: \mathfrak{n}\to [\mathfrak{n}, \mathfrak{n}]\) is onto for any \(X\in [\mathfrak{n}, \mathfrak{n}]\). The authors investigate non-singular algebras in several directions, including the classification problem (isomorphism invariants), the existence of canonical inner products (nilsolitons) and their automorphism groups (maximality properties). The main tools are the moment map for certain real reductive representations and the Pfaffian form of a \(2\)-step algebra, which is a positive homogeneous polynomial in the non-singular case. Important relations with nilsolitons are given.
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nilpotent Lie algebra
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Pfaffian
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homogeneous polynomial
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nilsoliton
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