Graphs associated with nilpotent Lie algebras of maximal rank
Díaz, Eduardo ; Fernández-Mateos, Rafael ; Fernández-Ternero, Desamparados ; Núñez, Juan
Rev. Mat. Iberoamericana, Tome 19 (2003) no. 2, p. 325-338 / Harvested from Project Euclid
In this paper, we use the graphs as a tool to study nilpotent Lie algebras. It implies to set up a link between graph theory and Lie theory. To do this, it is already known that every nilpotent Lie algebra of maximal rank is associated with a generalized Cartan matrix $A$ and it is isomorphic to a quotient of the positive part $\mathfrak{n}_+$ of the Kac-Moody algebra $\mathfrak{g}(A)$. Then, if $A$ is affine, we can associate $\mathfrak{n}_+$ with a directed graph (from now on, we use the term digraph) and we can also associate a subgraph of this digraph with every isomorphism class of nilpotent Lie algebras of maximal rank and of type $A$. Finally, we show an algorithm which obtains these subgraphs and also groups them in isomorphism classes.
Publié le : 2003-09-14
Classification:  nilpotent,  maximal rank,  Kac-Moody algebra,  directed graph,  14B05,  32S20,  32S45,  05C20,  05C85,  17B30,  17B65
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Díaz, Eduardo; Fernández-Mateos, Rafael; Fernández-Ternero, Desamparados; Núñez, Juan. Graphs associated with nilpotent Lie algebras of maximal rank. Rev. Mat. Iberoamericana, Tome 19 (2003) no. 2, pp.  325-338. http://gdmltest.u-ga.fr/item/1063050155/