Automorphisms of non-singular nilpotent Lie algebras

Abstract: For a real, non-singular, 2-step nilpotent Lie algebra

m a t h f r a k n

, the group Aut(mathfrak{n})/Aut_0(mathfrak{n})

, w h e r e

Aut_0(mathfrak{n})

i s t h e g r o u p o f a u t o m o r p h i s m s w h i c h a c t t r i v i a l l y o n t h e c e n t e r, i s t h e d i r e c t p r o d u c t o f a c o m p a c t g r o u p w i t h t h e 1 - d i m e n s i o n a l g r o u p o f d i l a t i o n s . M a x i m a l i t y o f s o m e a u t o m o r p h i s m s g r o u p s o f

mathfrak{n}

f o l l o w s a n d i s r e l a t e d t o h o w c l o s e i s

mathfrak{n}

t o b e i n g o f H e i s e n b e r g t y p e . F o r e x a m p l e, a t l e a s t w h e n t h e d i m e n s i o n o f t h e c e n t e r i s t w o,

dim Aut(mathfrak{n})

i s m a x i m a l i f a n d o n l y i f

mathfrak{n}

i s t y p e

H$. The connection with fat distributions is discussed.

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