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Main Authors: Coll, Vincent E., Mayers, Nicholas
Format: Preprint
Published: 2026
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.13467
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  • Seaweed subalgebras of $\mathfrak{gl}(n,\mathbb{C})$ and $\mathfrak{sl}(n,\mathbb{C})$ are combinatorially defined matrix Lie algebras whose index admits a closed-form description in terms of an associated graph called a meander. In this paper, we study the nilradicals of these algebras with our main result establishing an explicit formula for their index in terms of an edge-weighted variation of the meander. We further prove that each such nilradical decomposes as a direct sum of the center of the seaweed subalgebra with a nilpotent Lie poset algebra, and we provide a meander-theoretic procedure for recovering the underlying poset.