OFFSET
1,6
COMMENTS
The index of a Lie algebra, g, is an invariant of the Lie algebra defined by min(dim(Ker(B_f)) where the min is taken over all linear functionals f on g and B_f denotes the bilinear form f([_,_]) were [,] denotes the bracket multiplication on g.
For seaweed subalgebras of sl(n), which are Lie subalgebras of sl(n) whose matrix representations are parametrized by an ordered pair of compositions of n, the index can be determined from a corresponding graph called a meander.
a(n)>0 for n=2,6 and n>8. To see this: for n congruent to 2,6 (mod 8) take the partition of the form (2,...,2); for n>=9 congruent to 1,5 (mod 8), say n=4k+1, take the partition (4k-3,3,1); for n>7 congruent to 3 (mod 8), say n=8k+3, take the partition (4k,3,2,...,2) with 2k 2's; for n>7 congruent to 7 (mod 8) take the partition ((n-1)/2, (n-5)/2,3); for n>8 congruent to 4 (mod 8) take the partition (n-8,4,3,1); and for n>8 congruent to 0 (mod 8) take the partition (n-8,4,4).
LINKS
V. Coll, M. Hyatt, C. Magnant, H. Wang, Meander graphs and Frobenius seaweed Lie algebras II, Journal of Generalized Lie Theory and Applications 9 (1) (2015) 227.
V. Dergachev, A. Kirillov, Index of Lie algebras of seaweed type, J. Lie Theory 10 (2) (2000) 331-343.
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Nick Mayers, Aug 20 2018
STATUS
approved