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Complete classification of pseudo $H$-type algebras: II

Representation Theory 2017-03-16 v1

Abstract

We classify a class of 2-step nilpotent Lie algebras related to the representations of the Clifford algebras in the following way. Let J ⁣:\Cl(Rr,s)\toUJ\colon \Cl(\mathbb R^{r,s})\toU be a representation of the Clifford algebra \Cl(Rr,s)\Cl(\mathbb R^{r,s}) generated by the pseudo Euclidean vector space Rr,s\mathbb R^{r,s}. Assume that the Clifford module UU is endowed with a bilinear symmetric non-degenerate real form \la,\raU\la\cdot\,,\cdot\ra_U making the linear map JzJ_z skew symmetric for any zRr,sz\in\mathbb R^{r,s}. The Lie algebras and the Clifford algebras are related by \laJzv,w\raU=\laz,[v,w]\raRr,s\la J_zv,w\ra_U=\la z,[v,w]\ra_{\mathbb R^{r,s}}, zRr,sz\in \mathbb R^{r,s}, v,wUv,w\in U. We detect the isomorphic and non-isomorphic Lie algebras according to the dimension of UU and the range of the non-negative integers~r,sr,s.

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@article{arxiv.1703.04948,
  title  = {Complete classification of pseudo $H$-type algebras: II},
  author = {Kenro Furutani and Irina Markina},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1703.04948},
  year   = {2017}
}

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