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Tyler J. Evans

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arXiv2024

On the Cohomology of Restricted Heisenberg Lie Algebras

We show that the Heisenberg Lie algebras over a field $\mathbb{F}$ of characteristic $p>0$ admit a family of restricted Lie algebras, and we classify all such non-isomorphic restricted Lie algebra structures. We use the ordinary 1- and 2-cohomology spaces with trivial coefficients to compute the restricted 1- and 2-cohomology spaces of these restricted Heisenberg Lie algebras. We describe the restricted 1-dimensional central extensions, including explicit formulas for the Lie brackets and $\cdot^{[p]}$-operators.

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arXiv2022

Central Extensions of Restricted Affine Nilpotent Lie Algebras $n_+(A^{(1)}_1)(p)$

Consider the maximal nilpotent subalgebra $n_+(A_1^{(1)})$ of the simplest affine algebra $A_1^{(1)}$ which is one of the $\mathbb{N}$-graded Lie algebras with minimal number of generators. We show truncated versions of this algebra in positive characteristic admit the structure of a family of restricted Lie algebras. We compute the ordinary and restricted 1- and 2-cohomology spaces with trivial coefficients by giving bases. With these we explicitly describe the restricted 1-dimensional central extensions.

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arXiv2019

Cohomology of Restricted Filiform Lie Algebras $\mathfrak{m}_2^λ(p)$

For the $p$-dimensional filiform Lie algebra ${\mathfrak m}_2(p)$ over a field ${\mathbb F}$ of prime characteristic $p\ge 5$ with nonzero Lie brackets $[e_1,e_i] = e_{i+1}$ for $1<i<p$ and $[e_2,e_i]=e_{i+2}$ for $2<i<p-1$, we show that there is a family ${\mathfrak m}_2^λ(p)$ of restricted Lie algebra structures parameterized by elements $λ\in {\mathbb F}^p$. We explicitly describe bases for the ordinary and restricted 1- and 2-cohomology spaces with trivial coefficients, and give formulas for the bracket and $[p]$-operations in the corresponding restricted one-dimensional central extensions.

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arXiv2018

Restricted One-dimensional Central Extensions of the Restricted Filiform Lie Algebras ${\frak m}_0^λ(p)$

We show, for a field ${\mathbb F}$ of prime characteristic $p>0$, that the truncated filiform Lie algebra ${\frak m}_0(p)$ admits a family ${\frak m}_0^λ(p)$ of restricted Lie algebra structures parameterized by elements $λ\in {\mathbb F}^p$. We compute the ordinary cohomology groups $H^q({\frak m}_0^λ(p))$ and restricted cohomology groups $H^q_*({\frak m}_0^λ(p))$ for $q=1, 2$, and we give explicit descriptions of bases for these cohomology spaces. We apply our results to restricted one-dimensional central Extensions of the algebras ${\frak m}_0^λ(p)$.

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arXiv2005

Group actions in number theory

Students having had a semester course in abstract algebra are exposed to the elegant way in which finite group theory leads to proofs of familiar facts in elementary number theory. In this note we offer two examples of such group theoretical proofs using the action of a group on a set. The first is Fermat's little theorem and the second concerns a well known identity involving the famous Euler phi function. The tools that we use to establish both results are sometimes seen in a second semester algebra course in which group actions are studied. Specifically, we will use the class equation of a group action and Burnside's theorem.

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arXiv2001

Cohomology of Restricted Lie Algebras

In this dissertation, we investigate the cohomology theory of restricted Lie algebras. The representation theory of restricted Lie algebras is reviewed including a description of the restricted universal enveloping algebra. In the case of an abelian restricted Lie algebra, we construct an augmented complex of free modules over the enveloping algebra that is exact in dimensions less than p and hence define the cohomology theory of these algebras in dimension less than p. In the non-abelian case, we explicitly construct cochain spaces for any coefficient module in dimensions less than 3, and give explicit formulas for the coboundary operators in these dimensions. The corresponding notions of the usual algebraic interpretations of ordinary low dimensional cohomology are defined and we show that our restricted cohomology spaces encode this information as well.

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