Titlebook: Introduction to Lie Algebras; Karin Erdmann,Mark J. Wildon Textbook 2006 Springer-Verlag London 2006 Dynkin diagrams.Lie Algebras.Root sys

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Simple Lie Algebras,mple Lie algebras..We have already shown in Proposition 12.4 that if the root system of a Lie algebra is irreducible, then the Lie algebra is simple. We now show that the converse holds; that is, the root system of a simple Lie algebra is irreducible. We need the following lemma concerning reducible root systems.

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Solvable Lie Algebras and a Rough Classification,ing abelian. For example, the 3-dimensional Heisenberg algebra discussed in §3.2.1 has a 1-dimensional centre. The quotient algebra modulo this ideal is also abelian. We ask when something similar might hold more generally. That is, to what extent can we “approximate” a Lie algebra by abelian Lie al

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,Engel’s Theorem and Lie’s Theorem,. in which . is represented by a strictly upper triangular matrix..To understand Lie algebras, we need a much more general version of this result. Instead of considering a single linear transformation, we consider a Lie subalgebra . of gl(.). We would like to know when there is a basis of . in which

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Representations of sl(2, C),f the ideas needed to study representations of an arbitrary semisimple Lie algebra. Later we will see that representations of sl(2, .) control a large part of the structure of all semisimple Lie algebras..We shall use the basis of sl(2, .) introduced in Exercise 1.12 throughout this chapter. Recall

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,Cartan’s Criteria,lvability, seemingly a daunting task. In this chapter, we describe a practical way to decide whether a Lie algebra is semisimple or, at the other extreme, solvable, by looking at the traces of linear maps..We have already seen examples of the usefulness of taking traces. For example, we made an esse