Derivations and central extensions of finitely generated graded Lie algebras
Derivations and central extensions of finitely generated graded Lie algebras
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DOI:
10.1016/0021-8693(88)90046-4
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发表时间:
1988-10
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0.9
通讯作者:
Rolf Farnsteiner
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作者:
Rolf Farnsteiner
The significance of derivations for Lie theory primarily resides in their affinity to low dimensional cohomology-groups. Their determination therefore frequently affords insight into structural features of Lie algebras which do not figure prominently in the defining properties. In connection with isomorphism problems the vector spaces Der,(L, L) and Der,(L, L*) of derivations and dual space derivations, respectively, are of particular interest. In the latter case the close interrelation between H’(L, L*) and H’(L: F) reveals that derivations may be utilized in order to classify central extensions of Lie algebras (cf.[5, 61). One of the most efficient tools in the investigation of finite dimensional Lie algebras is the root space decomposition relative to a Cartan subalgebra. Techniques based on the corresponding gradation were extensively employed by Block in [IS] in the determination of the central extensions of the classical and some non-classical simple Lie algebras. More recently, Winter [13] used similar methods in order to study derivations of classical Albert-Zassenhaus algebras. The fact that these methods bear fruit even for infinite dimensional algebras was first observed by Berman [3: 41. This paper is concerned with the determination of derivations of graded Lie algebras with values in graded modules. Our results which are applicable to finitely generated Lie algebras of arbitrary dimension, provide a conceptual framework for the above mentioned papers. We shall be 33