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Structure Theory

Structure Theory

Hardcover

Series: de Gruyter Expositions in Mathematics, Book 38

AlgebraGeneral Mathematics

ISBN10: 3110515164
ISBN13: 9783110515169
Publisher: de Gruyter
Published: Apr 24 2017
Pages: 550
Weight: 2.25
Height: 1.30 Width: 6.90 Depth: 9.90
Language: English

The problem of classifying the finite dimensional simple Lie algebras over fields of characteristic p > 0 is a long-standing one. Work on this question has been directed by the Kostrikin-Shafarevich Conjecture of 1966, which states that over an algebraically closed field of characteristic p > 5 a finite dimensional restricted simple Lie algebra is classical or of Cartan type. This conjecture was proved for p > 7 by Block and Wilson in 1988. The generalization of the Kostrikin-Shafarevich Conjecture for the general case of not necessarily restricted Lie algebras and p > 7 was announced in 1991 by Strade and Wilson and eventually proved by Strade in 1998. The final Block-Wilson-Strade-Premet Classification Theorem is a landmark result of modern mathematics and can be formulated as follows: Every simple finite dimensional simple Lie algebra over an algebraically closed field of characteristic p > 3 is of classical, Cartan, or Melikian type.

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