Filtrations in semisimple Lie algebras, I
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Abstract:
In this paper, we study the maximal bounded $\mathbb {Z}$-filtrations of a complex semisimple Lie algebra $L$. Specifically, we show that if $L$ is simple of classical type $A_n$, $B_n$, $C_n$ or $D_n$, then these filtrations correspond uniquely to a precise set of linear functionals on its root space. We obtain partial, but not definitive, results in this direction for the remaining exceptional algebras. Maximal bounded filtrations were first introduced in the context of classifying the maximal graded subalgebras of affine Kac-Moody algebras, and the maximal graded subalgebras of loop toroidal Lie algebras. Indeed, our main results complete this classification in most cases. Finally, we briefly discuss the analogous question for bounded filtrations with respect to other Archimedean ordered groups.References
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Additional Information
- Y. Barnea
- Affiliation: Department of Mathematics, Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham, Surrey TW20 0EX, United Kingdom
- Email: y.barnea@rhul.ac.uk
- D. S. Passman
- Affiliation: Department of Mathematics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706
- MR Author ID: 136635
- Email: passman@math.wisc.edu
- Received by editor(s): February 4, 2004
- Published electronically: December 20, 2005
- Additional Notes: The first author’s research was carried out while visiting the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Imperial College and the University of Kent. He thanks all three mathematics departments.
The second author’s research was supported in part by NSA grant 144-LQ65. - © Copyright 2005
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The copyright for this article reverts to public domain 28 years after publication. - Journal: Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 358 (2006), 1983-2010
- MSC (2000): Primary 17B20, 17B70, 16W70
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9947-05-03986-3
- MathSciNet review: 2197439