Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
4587114 Journal of Algebra 2009 13 Pages PDF
Abstract

We describe all locally semisimple subalgebras and all maximal subalgebras of the finitary Lie algebras gl(∞), sl(∞), so(∞), and sp(∞). For simple finite-dimensional Lie algebras these classes of subalgebras have been described in the classical works of A. Malcev and E. Dynkin.

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