Quotients of maximal class of thin lie algebras. the case of characteristic two (Q4934102)

A graded Lie algebra \(L=\sum_{i\geq 1}L_i\) over a field \(F\) of positive characteristic is said to be thin if \(\dim_F(L_1)=2\), and for each \(i\geq 1\) and \(0\not=z\in L_i\) one has \([z,L_{1}]=L_{i+1}\). This definition generalizes the notion of graded Lie algebra of maximal class, which can be given in the same way with the additional requirement that \(\dim_F(L_i)\leq 1\) for \(i\geq 2\). In a joint paper with \textit{A. Caranti} [Commun. Algebra 27, 5741-5748 (1999; Zbl 0940.17013)], the author proved that the largest quotient of maximal class of an infinite-dimensional thin Lie algebra over a field of odd characteristic is metabelian, as long as the characteristic of the underlying field is odd. In the paper under review the author shows that this fails over a field of characteristic two, by exhibiting a family of exceptions. Then, however, the author is able to prove that those are the only exceptions.