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Generalized Amitsur-Levitski theorem and equations for sheets in a reductive complex Lie algebra

Representation Theory 2013-09-30 v1

Abstract

I connect an old result of mine on a Lie algebra generalization of the Amitsur-Levitski theorem with equations for sheets in a reductive Lie algebra and with recent results of Kostant-Wallach on the variety of singular elements in a reductive Lie algebra.

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@article{arxiv.1309.7076,
  title  = {Generalized Amitsur-Levitski theorem and equations for sheets in a reductive complex Lie algebra},
  author = {Bertram Kostant},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1309.7076},
  year   = {2013}
}

Comments

17 pages, key words: Amitsur-Levitski theorem, invariant theory, polynomial identities, sheets, abelian ideals and solvable Lie algebras, representation theory, enveloping algebras, nilpotent cone, Lie algebra cohomology

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