Levi Factors and Admissible Automorphisms

Let $\mathfrak {g}$ g be a complex simple Lie algebra. We consider subalgebras $\mathfrak {m}$ m which are Levi factors of parabolic subalgebras of $\mathfrak {g}$ g , or equivalently $\mathfrak {m}$ m is the centralizer of its center. We introduced the notion of admissible systems on finite order $\mathfrak {g}$ g -automorphisms 𝜃, and show that 𝜃 has admissible systems if and only if its fixed point set is a Levi factor. We then use the extended Dynkin diagrams to characterize such automorphisms, and look for automorphisms of minimal order.

On minimal faithful representations of a class of nilpotent lie algebras

In this work we consider 2-step nilradicals of parabolic subalgebras of the simple Lie algebra An and describe a new family of faithful nil-representations of the nilradicals na,c, a,c ? N. We obtain a sharp upper bound for the minimal dimension ?(na,c) and for several pairs (a,c) we obtain ?(na,c).

Blow-ups and infinitesimal automorphisms of CR-manifolds

For a real-analytic connected CR-hypersurface M of CR-dimension $$n\geqslant 1$$ n ⩾ 1 having a point of Levi-nondegeneracy the following alternative is demonstrated for its symmetry algebra $$\mathfrak {s}={\mathfrak {s}}(M)$$ s = s ( M ) : (i) either $$\dim {\mathfrak {s}}=n^2+4n+3$$ dim s = n 2 + 4 n + 3 and M is spherical everywhere; (ii) or $$\dim {\mathfrak {s}}\leqslant n^2+2n+2+\delta _{2,n}$$ dim s ⩽ n 2 + 2 n + 2 + δ 2 , n and in the case of equality M is spherical and has fixed signature of the Levi form in the complement to its Levi-degeneracy locus. A version of this result is proved for the Lie group of global automorphisms of M. Explicit examples of CR-hypersurfaces and their infinitesimal and global automorphisms realizing the bound in (ii) are constructed. We provide many other models with large symmetry using the technique of blow-up, in particular we realize all maximal parabolic subalgebras of the pseudo-unitary algebras as a symmetry.