Observations about the Lie algebra \mathfrak{g}_2 \subset \mathfrak{so}(7), associative 3-planes, and \mathfrak{so}(4) subalgebras

DOI10.1016/J.EXMATH.2022.10.004MaRDI QIDQ6411518arXivWikidataFDO

Publication date 21 September 2022

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/J.EXMATH.2022.10.004

Representations of Lie algebras and Lie superalgebras, algebraic theory (weights) (17B10) Exceptional (super)algebras (17B25) General geometric structures on manifolds (almost complex, almost product structures, etc.) (53C15)

arXiv classification

math.DG

Abstract: We make several observations relating the Lie algebra

m a t h f r a k g_{2} s u b s e t m a t h f r a k s o (7)

, associative

3

-planes, and

m a t h f r a k s o (4)

subalgebras. Some are likely well-known but not easy to find in the literature, while other results are new. We show that an element

X i n m a t h f r a k g_{2}

cannot have rank

2

, and if it has rank

4

then its kernel is an associative subspace. We prove a canonical form theorem for elements of

m a t h f r a k g_{2}

. Given an associative

3

-plane

P

in

m a t h b b R^{7}

, we construct a Lie subalgebra

T h e t a (P)

of

m a t h f r a k s o (7) = L a m b d a^{2} (m a t h b b R^{7})

that is isomorphic to

m a t h f r a k s o (4)

. This

m a t h f r a k s o (4)

subalgebra differs from other known constructions of

m a t h f r a k s o (4)

subalgebras of

m a t h f r a k s o (7)

determined by an associative

3

-plane. These are results of an NSERC undergraduate research project. The paper is written so as to be accessible to a wide audience.

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