DEVELOPMENT OF A UNIFIED TENSOR CALCULUS FOR THE EXCEPTIONAL LIE ALGEBRAS

DOI10.1142/S0217751X04017562zbMATH Open1080.17007arXivmath-ph/0212047MaRDI QIDQ3370215FDOQ3370215

Authors: A. J. Macfarlane, Hendryk Pfeiffer 

Publication date: 7 February 2006

Published in: International Journal of Modern Physics A (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The uniformity of the decomposition law, for a family F of Lie algebras which includes the exceptional Lie algebras, of the tensor powers ad^n of their adjoint representations ad is now well-known. This paper uses it to embark on the development of a unified tensor calculus for the exceptional Lie algebras. It deals explicitly with all the tensors that arise at the n=2 stage, obtaining a large body of systematic information about their properties and identities satisfied by them. Some results at the n=3 level are obtained, including a simple derivation of the the dimension and Casimir eigenvalue data for all the constituents of ad^3. This is vital input data for treating the set of all tensors that enter the picture at the n=3 level, following a path already known to be viable for a_1. The special way in which the Lie algebra d_4 conforms to its place in the family F alongside the exceptional Lie algebras is described.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/math-ph/0212047

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zbMATH Keywords

exceptional Lie algebrasdeligne conjectureadjoint tensor powersthird rank tensors

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Representations of Lie algebras and Lie superalgebras, algebraic theory (weights) (17B10) Exceptional (super)algebras (17B25)

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• LiE

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