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Bracket width of current Lie algebras

Rings and Algebras 2025-07-02 v1

Abstract

The length of an element zz of a Lie algebra LL is defined as the smallest number ss needed to represent zz as a sum of ss brackets. The bracket width of LL is defined as supremum of the lengths of its elements. Given a finite-dimensional simple Lie algebra g\mathfrak g over an algebraically closed field kk of characteristic zero, we study the bracket width of current Lie algebras L=gAL=\mathfrak g\otimes A. We show that for an arbitrary AA the width is at most 2. For A=k[[t]]A=k[[t]] and A=k[t]A=k[t] we compute the width for algebras of types A and C.

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@article{arxiv.2404.06045,
  title  = {Bracket width of current Lie algebras},
  author = {Boris Kunyavskii and Ievgen Makedonskyi and Andriy Regeta},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2404.06045},
  year   = {2025}
}

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8 pages

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