Classification Of Low Dimensional Nilpotent Leibniz Algebras Using Central Extensions

This thesis is concerned with the classification of low dimensional nilpotent Leibniz algebras by central extensions over complex numbers. Leibniz algebras introduced by J.-L. Loday (1993) are non-antisymmetric generalizations of Lie algebras. There is a cohomology theory for these algebraic obje...

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Main Author: Langari, Seyed Jalal
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Published: 2010
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Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/12373/1/IPM_2010_3A.pdf
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description This thesis is concerned with the classification of low dimensional nilpotent Leibniz algebras by central extensions over complex numbers. Leibniz algebras introduced by J.-L. Loday (1993) are non-antisymmetric generalizations of Lie algebras. There is a cohomology theory for these algebraic objects whose properties are similar to those of the classical Chevalley-Eilenberg cohomology theory for Lie algebras. The central extensions of Lie algebras play a central role in the classification theory of Lie algebras. We know that if a Leibniz algebra L satisfies the additional identity [x; x] = 0; x E L, then the Leibniz identity is equivalent to the Jacobi identity [[x; y]; z] + [[y; z]; x] + [[z; x]; y] = 0 8x; y; z E L: Hence, Lie algebras are particular cases of Leibniz algebras.In 1978 Skjelbred and Sund reduced the classification of nilpotent Lie algebras in a given dimension to the study of orbits under the action of a group on the space of second degree cohomology of a smaller Lie algebra with coefficients in a trivial module. The main purpose of this thesis is to establish elementary properties of central extensions of nilpotent Leibniz algebras and apply the Skjelbred-Sund's method to classify them in low dimensional cases. A complete classification of three and four dimensional nilpotent Leibniz algebras is provided in chapters 3 and 4. In particular, Leibniz central extensions of Heisenberg algebras Hn is provided in chapter 4. Chapter 5 concerns with application of the Skjelbred and Sund's method to the classification of filiform Leibniz algebras in dimension 5. Chapter 6 contains the conclusion and some proposed future directions.
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spelling upm.eprints-123732013-05-27T07:51:54Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/12373/ Classification Of Low Dimensional Nilpotent Leibniz Algebras Using Central Extensions Langari, Seyed Jalal This thesis is concerned with the classification of low dimensional nilpotent Leibniz algebras by central extensions over complex numbers. Leibniz algebras introduced by J.-L. Loday (1993) are non-antisymmetric generalizations of Lie algebras. There is a cohomology theory for these algebraic objects whose properties are similar to those of the classical Chevalley-Eilenberg cohomology theory for Lie algebras. The central extensions of Lie algebras play a central role in the classification theory of Lie algebras. We know that if a Leibniz algebra L satisfies the additional identity [x; x] = 0; x E L, then the Leibniz identity is equivalent to the Jacobi identity [[x; y]; z] + [[y; z]; x] + [[z; x]; y] = 0 8x; y; z E L: Hence, Lie algebras are particular cases of Leibniz algebras.In 1978 Skjelbred and Sund reduced the classification of nilpotent Lie algebras in a given dimension to the study of orbits under the action of a group on the space of second degree cohomology of a smaller Lie algebra with coefficients in a trivial module. The main purpose of this thesis is to establish elementary properties of central extensions of nilpotent Leibniz algebras and apply the Skjelbred-Sund's method to classify them in low dimensional cases. A complete classification of three and four dimensional nilpotent Leibniz algebras is provided in chapters 3 and 4. In particular, Leibniz central extensions of Heisenberg algebras Hn is provided in chapter 4. Chapter 5 concerns with application of the Skjelbred and Sund's method to the classification of filiform Leibniz algebras in dimension 5. Chapter 6 contains the conclusion and some proposed future directions. 2010-07 Thesis NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/12373/1/IPM_2010_3A.pdf Langari, Seyed Jalal (2010) Classification Of Low Dimensional Nilpotent Leibniz Algebras Using Central Extensions. PhD thesis, Universiti Putra Malaysia. Nilpotent Lie groups Lie algebras English
spellingShingle Nilpotent Lie groups
Lie algebras
Langari, Seyed Jalal
Classification Of Low Dimensional Nilpotent Leibniz Algebras Using Central Extensions
title Classification Of Low Dimensional Nilpotent Leibniz Algebras Using Central Extensions
title_full Classification Of Low Dimensional Nilpotent Leibniz Algebras Using Central Extensions
title_fullStr Classification Of Low Dimensional Nilpotent Leibniz Algebras Using Central Extensions
title_full_unstemmed Classification Of Low Dimensional Nilpotent Leibniz Algebras Using Central Extensions
title_short Classification Of Low Dimensional Nilpotent Leibniz Algebras Using Central Extensions
title_sort classification of low dimensional nilpotent leibniz algebras using central extensions
topic Nilpotent Lie groups
Lie algebras
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/12373/1/IPM_2010_3A.pdf
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