Parabolic and Levi subalgebras of finitary Lie algebras

DOI10.1093/IMRN/RNP169zbMATH Open1210.17029arXiv0904.0398OpenAlexW2097602435MaRDI QIDQ3552257FDOQ3552257

Ivan Penkov, Elizabeth Dan-Cohen

Publication date: 14 April 2010

Published in: IMRN. International Mathematics Research Notices (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Let $g$ be a locally reductive complex Lie algebra which admits a faithful countable-dimensional finitary representation $V$. Such a Lie algebra is a split extension of an abelian Lie algebra by a direct sum of copies of $s{l}_{i}nfty$, $s{o}_{i}nfty$, $s{p}_{i}nfty$, and finite-dimensional simple Lie algebras. A parabolic subalgebra of $g$ is any subalgebra which contains a maximal locally solvable (that is, Borel) subalgebra. Building upon work by Dimitrov and the authors of the present paper, we give a general description of parabolic subalgebras of $g$ in terms of joint stabilizers of taut couples of generalized flags. The main differences with the Borel subalgebra case are that the description of general parabolic subalgebras has to use both the natural and conatural modules, and that the parabolic subalgebras are singled out by further "trace conditions" in the suitable joint stabilizer. The technique of taut couples can also be used to prove the existence of a Levi component of an arbitrary subalgebra $k$ of $g{l}_{i}nfty$. If $k$ is splittable, we show that the linear nilradical admits a locally reductive complement in $k$. We conclude the paper with descriptions of Cartan, Borel, and parabolic subalgebras of arbitrary splittable subalgebras of $g{l}_{i}nfty$.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0904.0398

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Infinite-dimensional Lie (super)algebras (17B65)

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