Geometry of Central Extensions of Nilpotent Lie Algebras

D. V. Millionshchikov ; R. Jimenez

Trudy Matematicheskogo Instituta imeni V.A. Steklova, Algebraic topology, combinatorics, and mathematical physics, Tome 305 (2019), pp. 225-249.

Résumé

We obtain a recurrent and monotone method for constructing and classifying nilpotent Lie algebras by means of successive central extensions. The method consists in calculating the second cohomology $H^2(\mathfrak g,\mathbb K)$ of an extendable nilpotent Lie algebra $\mathfrak g$ followed by studying the geometry of the orbit space of the action of the automorphism group $\mathrm {Aut}(\mathfrak g)$ on Grassmannians of the form $\mathrm {Gr}(m,H^2(\mathfrak g,\mathbb K))$. In this case, it is necessary to take into account the filtered cohomology structure with respect to the ideals of the lower central series: a cocycle defining a central extension must have maximum filtration. Such a geometric method allows us to classify nilpotent Lie algebras of small dimensions, as well as to classify narrow naturally graded Lie algebras. We introduce the concept of a rigid central extension and construct examples of rigid and nonrigid central extensions.

Détail

Keywords: central extension, rigid Lie algebra, naturally graded Lie algebra.
Mots-clés : automorphism, orbit of action

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