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An explicit rational structure for real semisimple Lie algebras

Representation Theory 2013-09-06 v2

Abstract

We construct a convenient basis for all real semisimple Lie algebras by means of an adapted Chevalley basis of the complexification. It determines rational and in fact half-integer structure constants which we express only in terms of the root system and the involution that defines the real structure.

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@article{arxiv.1202.0451,
  title  = {An explicit rational structure for real semisimple Lie algebras},
  author = {Holger Kammeyer},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1202.0451},
  year   = {2013}
}

Comments

12 pages. Condensed final version to appear in Journal of Lie Theory

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