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Lie algebra deformations in characteristic 2

Representation Theory 2024-09-17 v4

Abstract

Of four types of Kaplansky algebras, type-2 and type-4 algebras have previously unobserved Z/2\mathbb{Z}/2-gradings: nonlinear in roots. A method assigning a simple Lie superalgebra to every Z/2\mathbb{Z}/2-graded simple Lie algebra in characteristic 2 is illustrated by seven new series. Type-2 algebras and one of the two type-4 algebras are demystified as nontrivial deforms (the results of deformations) of the alternate Hamiltonian algebras. The type-1 Kaplansky algebra is recognized as the derived of the nonalternate version of the Hamiltonian Lie algebra, the one that preserves a tensorial 2-form, not an exterior one. Deforms corresponding to nontrivial cohomology classes can be isomorphic to the initial algebra, e.g., we confirm Grishkov's implicit claim and explicitly describe the Jurman algebra as such a "semitrivial" deform of the derived of the alternate Hamiltonian Lie algebra. This paper helps to sharpen the formulation of a conjecture describing all simple finite-dimensional Lie algebras over any algebraically closed field of nonzero characteristic and supports a conjecture of Dzhumadildaev and Kostrikin stating that all simple finite-dimensional modular Lie algebras are either of "standard" type or deforms thereof. In characteristic 2, we give sufficient conditions for the known deformations to be semitrivial.

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@article{arxiv.1301.2781,
  title  = {Lie algebra deformations in characteristic 2},
  author = {Sofiane Bouarroudj and Alexei Lebedev and Dimitry Leites and Irina Shchepochkina},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1301.2781},
  year   = {2024}
}

Comments

The text is edited, references updated. Main results are more clearly formulated

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