On the second cohomology of nilpotent orbits in exceptional Lie algebras (Q503977)

Let \(G\) be a connected real simple Lie group with Lie algebra \(\mathfrak{g}\). An element \(X\in \mathfrak{g}\) is called nilpotent if \(ad(X): \mathfrak{g}\to \mathfrak{g}\) is a nilpotent operator. The set \(\mathcal{O}_X=\{Ad(g)X\mid g\in G\}\) is the nilpotent orbit under the adjoint action of \(G\) on \(\mathfrak{g}\). In the paper [Int. J. Math. 23, No. 8, Article ID 1250086, 25 p. (2012; Zbl 1250.57046)], \textit{I. Biswas} and \textit{P. Chatterjee} computed the second cohomology groups of nilpotent orbits in all complex simple Lie algebras, under the adjoint actions of the corresponding complex groups. In the present paper, the authors continue the program of studying the second cohomology groups of nilpotent orbits initiated in [loc. cit.]. They compute the second cohomology groups for most of the nilpotent orbits in non-compact non-complex exceptional Lie algebras and for the rest of the nilpotent orbits in non-compact non-complex exceptional Lie algebras, they give upper bounds of the dimensions of second cohomology groups. They obtain their main results in the Theorems 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 3.7, 3.8, 3.9, 3.10, 3.11, 3,12, 3.13. In particular, it is shown that the second cohomologies vanish for all the nilpotent orbits in \(F_{4(-20)}\) and \(E_{6(-26)}\).