Counterexamples to the Zassenhaus conjecture on simple modular Lie algebras

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Abstract: We provide an infinite family of counterexamples to the conjecture of Zassenhaus on the solvability of the outer derivation algebra of a simple modular Lie algebra. In fact, we show that the simple modular Lie algebras H(2;(1,n))(2) of dimension 3n+12 in characteristic p=3 do not have a solvable outer derivation algebra for all nge1. For n=1 this recovers the known counterexample of mathfrakpsl3(F). We show that the outer derivation algebra of H(2;(1,n))(2) is isomorphic to (mathfraksl2(F)ltimesV(2))oplusFn1, where V(2) is the natural representation of mathfraksl2(F). We also study other known simple Lie algebras in characteristic three, but they do not yield a new counterexample.









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