Rings with involution whose symmetric elements are central

In a ring R with involution whose symmetric elements S are central, the skew-symmetric elements K form a Lie algebra over the commutative ring S. The classification of such rings which are 2-torsion free is equivalent to the classification of Lie algebras K over S equipped with a bilinear form f tha...

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Main Author: Taw Pin Lim
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Language:English
Published: Wiley 1980-01-01
Series:International Journal of Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/S0161171280000178
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description In a ring R with involution whose symmetric elements S are central, the skew-symmetric elements K form a Lie algebra over the commutative ring S. The classification of such rings which are 2-torsion free is equivalent to the classification of Lie algebras K over S equipped with a bilinear form f that is symmetric, invariant and satisfies [[x,y],z]=f(y,z)x−f(z,x)y. If S is a field of char ≠2, f≠0 and dimK>1 then K is a semisimple Lie algebra if and only if f is nondegenerate. Moreover, the derived algebra K′ is either the pure quaternions over S or a direct sum of mutually orthogonal abelian Lie ideals of dim≤2.
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spelling doaj-art-5f56f1046f0c43f3a62ea20d30b09a652025-02-03T05:48:05ZengWileyInternational Journal of Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences0161-17121687-04251980-01-013224725310.1155/S0161171280000178Rings with involution whose symmetric elements are centralTaw Pin Lim0Department of Actuarial Mathematics, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg R3T 2N2, Manitoba, CanadaIn a ring R with involution whose symmetric elements S are central, the skew-symmetric elements K form a Lie algebra over the commutative ring S. The classification of such rings which are 2-torsion free is equivalent to the classification of Lie algebras K over S equipped with a bilinear form f that is symmetric, invariant and satisfies [[x,y],z]=f(y,z)x−f(z,x)y. If S is a field of char ≠2, f≠0 and dimK>1 then K is a semisimple Lie algebra if and only if f is nondegenerate. Moreover, the derived algebra K′ is either the pure quaternions over S or a direct sum of mutually orthogonal abelian Lie ideals of dim≤2.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/S0161171280000178ring with involutionsymmetric and skew-symmetric elementsLie algebrasymmetric and invariant bilinear formCartan's criterion of semisimplicity of Lie algebraspure quaternionsmutually orthogonal abelian Lie ideals.
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Rings with involution whose symmetric elements are central
International Journal of Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences
ring with involution
symmetric and skew-symmetric elements
Lie algebra
symmetric and invariant bilinear form
Cartan's criterion of semisimplicity of Lie algebras
pure quaternions
mutually orthogonal abelian Lie ideals.
title Rings with involution whose symmetric elements are central
title_full Rings with involution whose symmetric elements are central
title_fullStr Rings with involution whose symmetric elements are central
title_full_unstemmed Rings with involution whose symmetric elements are central
title_short Rings with involution whose symmetric elements are central
title_sort rings with involution whose symmetric elements are central
topic ring with involution
symmetric and skew-symmetric elements
Lie algebra
symmetric and invariant bilinear form
Cartan's criterion of semisimplicity of Lie algebras
pure quaternions
mutually orthogonal abelian Lie ideals.
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/S0161171280000178
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