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M 507 Lie Algebras - Homework 2: N N N N

This document contains homework problems on Lie algebras: 1) Show that the Lie algebras A1, B1, and C1 are pairwise isomorphic. 2) Show that the Lie algebra D2 is isomorphic to the direct product of two copies of A1 with a specified Lie bracket. 3) Prove properties of the centers of the Lie algebras gln (general linear algebra) and sln (special linear algebra), depending on whether the characteristic of the field divides n.

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M 507 Lie Algebras - Homework 2: N N N N

This document contains homework problems on Lie algebras: 1) Show that the Lie algebras A1, B1, and C1 are pairwise isomorphic. 2) Show that the Lie algebra D2 is isomorphic to the direct product of two copies of A1 with a specified Lie bracket. 3) Prove properties of the centers of the Lie algebras gln (general linear algebra) and sln (special linear algebra), depending on whether the characteristic of the field divides n.

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Fall 2011

Matthias Strauch

M 507 Lie Algebras - Homework 2


In the following, F denotes a field of characteristic
algebras over F .

 2.

If not stated otherwise, all Lie algebras are Lie

The symbols An , Bn , Cn , Dn denote the Lie algebras as defined in class. The first two problems exhibit some
so-called exceptional isomorphisms between members of these series of Lie algebras.
(1) Show that A1 , B1 and C1 are pairwise isomorphic.
(2) Show that D2 is isomorphic to A1  A1 , equipped with the Lie bracket

rpx, yq, px , y qs  prx, x s, ry, y sq .


1

B
 CA D
P D2 as 2  2-matrices with A, B, C, D P M2pF q. Then we
have D  AT , B T  B and C T  C. If J2 is the skew-symmetric2  2-matrix
as defined in
A
bJ2
class, we have B  bJ2 and C  cJ2 for suitable b, c P F , so that X 
. Then map
cJ2 AT

Hint. Write matrices X

X to

A

trpAq
12 ,
2

trpAq
2

c  tr 2A
p

P A1  A1

Check that this defines an isomorphism of Lie algebras.

 C2 and A3  D3.
(3) The center Z pgq of a Lie algebra g is defined as Z pgq  tx P g | @y P g : rx, y s  0u. Show that the
center of gln is the subalgebra of scalar matrices spn, F q  F  1n . Prove that sln has center t0u,
unless charpF q divides n, in which case the center is spn, F q.
Remark. There are a two more isomorphisms: B2

Comments, corrections and queries can be sent to me at [email protected]

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