English

A rational construction of Lie algebras of type E_7

Rings and Algebras 2015-07-06 v2 Algebraic Geometry

Abstract

We give an explicit construction of Lie algebras of type E7E_7 out of a Lie algebra of type D6D_6 with some restrictions. Up to odd degree extensions, every Lie algebra of type E7E_7 arises this way. For Lie algebras that admit a 5656-dimensional representation we provide a more symmetric construction based on an observation of Manivel; the input is seven quaternion algebras subject to some relations.

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@article{arxiv.1309.7325,
  title  = {A rational construction of Lie algebras of type E_7},
  author = {Victor Petrov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1309.7325},
  year   = {2015}
}

Comments

New version contains 7A_1-construction; the proof of Theorem 3 has been simplified