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Self-similar Lie algebras

Rings and Algebras 2016-06-28 v1 Group Theory

Abstract

We give a general definition of self-similar Lie algebras, and show that important examples of Lie algebras fall into that class. We give sufficient conditions for a self-similar Lie algebra to be nil, and prove in this manner that the self-similar algebras associated with Grigorchuk's and Gupta-Sidki's torsion groups are nil as well as self-similar. We derive the same results for a class of examples constructed by Petrogradsky, Shestakov and Zelmanov.

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@article{arxiv.1003.1125,
  title  = {Self-similar Lie algebras},
  author = {Laurent Bartholdi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1003.1125},
  year   = {2016}
}
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