Extremal presentations for classical Lie algebras

DOI10.1016/J.JALGEBRA.2009.04.015zbMATH Open1203.17003arXiv0705.2332OpenAlexW2077600984WikidataQ115351312 ScholiaQ115351312MaRDI QIDQ731216FDOQ731216

Authors: Jos in 't panhuis, Erik Postma, Dan Roozemond 

Publication date: 2 October 2009

Published in: Journal of Algebra (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The long-root elements in Lie algebras of Chevalley type have been well studied and can be characterized as extremal elements, that is, elements $x$ such that the image of $(adx{)}^2$ lies in the subspace spanned by $x$. In this paper, assuming an algebraically closed base field of characteristic not 2, we find presentations of the Lie algebras of classical Chevalley type by means of minimal sets of extremal generators. The relations are described by simple graphs on the sets. For example, for $C_n$ the graph is a path of length $2n$, and for $A_n$ the graph is the triangle connected to a path of length $n-3$.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0705.2332

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zbMATH Keywords

Lie algebrasgenerators and relationsextremal elementsChevalley algebras

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Structure theory for Lie algebras and superalgebras (17B05)

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