The subalgebra lattice of a finite algebra

The aim of this paper is to characterize pairs (L, A), where L is a finite lattice and A a finite algebra, such that the subalgebra lattice of A is isomorphic to L. Next, necessary and sufficient conditions are found for pairs of finite algebras (of possibly distinct types) to have isomorphic subalgebra lattices. Both of these characterizations are particularly simple in the case of distributive subalgebra lattices. We do not restrict our attention to total algebras only, but we consider the more general case of partial algebras. Moreover, we use connections between algebras and hypergraphs to solve these problems.

A STRONG PROPERTY OF THE WEAK SUBALGEBRA LATTICE FOR LOCALLY FINITE ALGEBRAS OF FINITE TYPE

The aim of this paper is to show that the weak subalgebra lattice uniquely determines the subalgebra lattice for locally finite algebras of a fixed finite type. However, this algebraic result turns out to be a very particular case of the following hypergraph result (which is interesting itself): A total directed hypergraph D of finite type is uniquely determined, in the class of all the directed hypergraphs of this type, by its skeleton up to the orientation of some pairwise edge-disjoint directed hypercycles and hyperpaths. The skeleton of D is a hypergraph obtained from D by omitting the orientation of all edges.

ON SEMI-MODULAR SUBALGEBRAS OF LIE ALGEBRAS OVER FIELDS OF ARBITRARY CHARACTERISTIC

This paper is a further contribution to the extensive study by a number of authors of the subalgebra lattice of a Lie algebra. It is shown that, in certain circumstances, including for all solvable algebras, for all Lie algebras over algebraically closed fields of characteristic p > 0 that have absolute toral rank ≤ 1 or are restricted, and for all Lie algebras having the one-and-a-half generation property, the conditions of modularity and semi-modularity are equivalent, but that the same is not true for all Lie algebras over a perfect field of characteristic three. Semi-modular subalgebras of dimensions one and two are characterised over (perfect, in the case of two-dimensional subalgebras) fields of characteristic different from 2, 3.

ON UPPER-MODULAR SUBALGEBRAS OF A LIE ALGEBRA

This paper is a further contribution to the extensive study by a number of authors of the subalgebra lattice of a Lie algebra. We give some necessary and some sufficient conditions for a subalgebra to be upper modular. For algebraically closed fields of any characteristic these enable us to determine the structure of Lie algebras having abelian upper-modular subalgebras which are not ideals. We then study the structure of solvable Lie algebras having an abelian upper-modular subalgebra which is not an ideal and which has trivial intersection with the derived algebra; in particular, the structure is determined for algebras over the real field. Next we classify non-solvable Lie algebras over fields of characteristic zero having an upper-modular atom which is not an ideal. Finally, it is shown that every Lie algebra over a field of characteristic different from two and three in which every atom is upper modular is either quasi-abelian or a $\mu$-algebra.AMS 2000 Mathematics subject classification: Primary 17B05; 17B50; 17B30; 17B20

Lower semimodular Lie algebras

This paper is concerned with the relationship between the properties of the subalgebra lattice ℒ(L) of a Lie algebra L and the structure of L. If the lattice ℒ(L) is lower semimodular, then the Lie algebra L is said to be lower semimodular. If a subalgebra S of L is a modular element in the lattice ℒ(L), then S is called a modular subalgebra of L. The easiest condition to ensure that L is lower semimodular is that dim A/B = 1 whenever B < A ≤ L and B is maximal in A (Lie algebras satisfying this condition are called sχ-algebras). Our aim is to characterize lower semimodular Lie algebras and sχ-algebras, over any field of characteristic greater than three. Also, we obtain results about the influence of two solvable modularmaximal subalgebras on the structure of the Lie algebra and some results on the structure of Lie algebras all of whose maximal subalgebras are modular.