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Trace Forms on Lie Algebras

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

Richard Block
Richard Block*
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California Institute of Technology
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If L is a Lie algebra with a representation Δ a→aΔ (a in L) (of finite degree), then by the trace form f = fΔ of Δ is meant the symmetric bilinear form on L obtained by taking the trace of the matrix products:

Then f is invariant, that is, f is symmetric and f(ab, c) — f(a, bc) for all a, b, c in L. By the Δ-radical L⊥ = L⊥ of L is meant the set of a in L such that f(a, b) = 0 for all b in L. Then L⊥ is an ideal and f induces a bilinear form , called a quotient trace form, on L/L⊥. Thus an algebra has a quotient trace form if and only if there exists a Lie algebra L with a representation Δ such that

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Canadian Journal of Mathematics , Volume 14 , 1962 , pp. 553 - 564
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Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 1962

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