Cyclic wide subalgebras of semisimple Lie algebras

Andrew Douglas, Joe Repka

Published 2024-04-10Version 1

Let $\mathfrak{s}$ $\ltimes$ $\mathfrak{r}$ be a Levi decomposable Lie algebra, with Levi factor $\mathfrak{s}$, and radical $\mathfrak{r}$. A module $V$ of $\mathfrak{s}$ $\ltimes$ $\mathfrak{r}$ is cyclic indecomposable if it is indecomposable and the quotient module $V /\mathfrak{r}\cdot V$ is a simple $\mathfrak{s}$-module. A Levi decomposable subalgebra of a semisimple Lie algebra is cyclic wide if the restriction of every simple module of the semisimple Lie algebra to the subalgebra is cyclic indecomposable. We establish a condition for a regular Levi decomposable subalgebra of a semisimple Lie algebra to be cyclic wide. Then, in the case of a regular Levi decomposable subalgebra whose radical is an ad-nilpotent subalgebra, we show that the condition is necessary and sufficient for the subalgebra to be cyclic wide. All Lie algebras, and modules in this article are finite-dimensional, and over the complex numbers.