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Inner derivations of exceptional Lie algebras in prime characteristic

Rings and Algebras 2017-12-19 v2

Abstract

It is well-known that every derivation of a semisimple Lie algebra LL over an algebraically closed field FF with characteristic zero is inner. The aim of this paper is to show what happens if the characteristic of FF is prime with LL an exceptional Lie algebra. We prove that if LL is a Chevalley Lie algebra of type {G2,F4,E6,E7,E8}\{G_2,F_4,E_6,E_7,E_8\} over a field of characteristic pp then the derivations of LL are inner except in the cases G2G_2 with p=2p=2, E6E_6 with p=3p=3 and E7E_7 with p=2p=2.

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@article{arxiv.1402.2212,
  title  = {Inner derivations of exceptional Lie algebras in prime characteristic},
  author = {Pablo Alberca-Bjerregaard and Dolores Martín-Barquero and Cándido Martín-González},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1402.2212},
  year   = {2017}
}