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Hom-Lie algebra structures on semi-simple Lie algebras. (English) Zbl 1144.17005
A hom-Lie algebra can be considered as a deformation of a Lie algebra, which is defined as a pair $$(L,\sigma)$$ of a non-associative algebra $$(L,[\cdot,\cdot])$$ satisfying skew-symmetry and an algebra homomorphism $$\sigma:L\to L$$ such that $[(id+\sigma)(x),[y,z]]+[(id+\sigma)(y),[z,x]]+[(id+\sigma)(z),[x,y]]=0.$ The authors in this paper prove that hom-Lie algebra structures on finite-dimensional simple Lie algebras are all trivial. They also find when a finite-dimensional semi-simple Lie algebra can admit nontrivial hom-Lie algebra structures and obtain the isomorphic classes of nontrivial hom-Lie algebra structures.
Reviewer: Yucai Su (Hefei)

MSC:
 17B20 Simple, semisimple, reductive (super)algebras 17B05 Structure theory for Lie algebras and superalgebras
Hom-Lie algebras
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