Discovering real Lie subalgebras of e₆ using Cartan decompositions

DOI10.1063/1.4818503zbMATH Open1284.17002arXiv1212.3200OpenAlexW3105380010MaRDI QIDQ5407659FDOQ5407659

Authors: Aaron Wangberg, Tevian Dray 

Publication date: 7 April 2014

Published in: Journal of Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The process of complexification is used to classify a Lie algebra and identify its Cartan subalgebra. However, this method does not distinguish between real forms of a complex Lie algebra, which can differ in signature. In this paper, we show how Cartan decompositions of a complexified Lie algebra can be combined with information from the Killing form to identify real forms of a given Lie algebra. We apply this technique to sl(3,O), a real form of e6 with signature (52,26), thereby identifying chains of real subalgebras and their corresponding Cartan subalgebras within e6. Motivated by an explicit construction of sl(3,O), we then construct an abelian group of order 8 which acts on the real forms of e6, leading to the identification of 8 particular copies of the 5 real forms of e6, which can be distinguished by their relationship to the original copy of sl(3,O).

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1212.3200

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Automorphisms, derivations, other operators for Lie algebras and super algebras (17B40) Structure theory for Lie algebras and superalgebras (17B05)

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