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Irreducible Finitary Lie Algebras over Fields of Characteristic Zero

Orazio PuglisiFelix Leinen

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Discrete mathematicsPure mathematicsAlgebra and Number TheorySimple Lie groupNon-associative algebraFundamental representation(gK)-moduleKilling formAffine Lie algebraMathematicsLie conformal algebraGraded Lie algebra

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Abstract A Lie subalgebraLof g l K (V) is said to befinitaryif it consists of elements of finite rank. We show that if Char  K  = 0, if dim K  Vis infinite, and ifLacts irreducibly onV, then the derived algebra ofLis simple.

10.1006/jabr.1998.7566http://dx.doi.org/10.1006/jabr.1998.7566