A note on complex Lie Algebras isomorphic to their conjugate

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Autore principale: Demarche, Cyril
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contents A real Lie algebra defines by extension of scalars a complex Lie algebra that is isomorphic to its Galois conjugate. In this paper, we are interested in the converse property: given a complex Lie algebra that is isomorphic to its conjugate, is it defined over the real numbers? We prove the existence of a $10$-dimensional nilpotent complex Lie algebra for which the answer is negative, disproving a recent conjecture by Deré. In addition, we compute the generic obstruction to this descent problem in terms of Brauer groups.
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spellingShingle A note on complex Lie Algebras isomorphic to their conjugate
Demarche, Cyril
Algebraic Geometry
Number Theory
Representation Theory
A real Lie algebra defines by extension of scalars a complex Lie algebra that is isomorphic to its Galois conjugate. In this paper, we are interested in the converse property: given a complex Lie algebra that is isomorphic to its conjugate, is it defined over the real numbers? We prove the existence of a $10$-dimensional nilpotent complex Lie algebra for which the answer is negative, disproving a recent conjecture by Deré. In addition, we compute the generic obstruction to this descent problem in terms of Brauer groups.
title A note on complex Lie Algebras isomorphic to their conjugate
topic Algebraic Geometry
Number Theory
Representation Theory
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.06979