A geometric characterization of the symplectic Lie algebra

Hans Cuypers, Yael Fleischmann

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Abstract

We provide a characterization of symplectic Lie algebras over fields of characteris-tic ≠ 2 as Lie algebras generated by extremal elements in which any two extremal elements x and y either commute or generate an sl2, and for any three extremal elements x;y; z in g with [x; y] ≠ 0, there is an extremal u in the subalgebra ≺x; y≻ commuting with z.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)223-245
Number of pages23
JournalInnovations in Incidence Geometry
Volume20
Issue number2-3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2023

Funding

FundersFunder number
Eindhoven University of Technology613.000.905
Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek

    Keywords

    • buildings
    • extremal elements
    • Lie algebras
    • symplectic geometries

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