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Trace Formulas, Invariant Bilinear Forms and Dynkin Indices of Lie Algebra Representations Over Rings

The trace form gives a connection between the representation ring and the space of invariant bilinear forms of a Lie algebra $L$. This thesis reviews the definition of the trace of an endomorphism of a finitely generated projective module over a commutative ring $R$. We then use this to look at the trace form of a finitely generated projective representation of a Lie algebra $L$ over $R$ and its representation ring. While doing so, we prove a few trace formulas which are useful in the theory of the Dynkin index, an invariant introduced by Dynkin in 1952 to study homomorphisms between simple Lie algebras.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:uottawa.ca/oai:ruor.uottawa.ca:10393/31502
Date January 2014
CreatorsPham, Khoa
ContributorsNeher, Erhard
PublisherUniversité d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Source SetsUniversité d’Ottawa
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis

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