The one-dimensionality conjecture for invariant forms on classical Lie algebras

Let LL be a Lie algebra of classical type over a field of arbitrary characteristic. A symmetric bilinear invariant form on LL is a symmetric bilinear form invariant under the Lie bracket.

One-dimensionality conjecture. The space of symmetric bilinear invariant forms on LL is 11-dimensional.

The claim concerns both the possibly non-simple Lie algebras obtained from the usual Chevalley basis construction in small characteristics and their simple quotients. It follows from the standard statement about the Killing form in characteristic 00 and characteristic p>5p>5, but in small characteristics the Killing and other trace forms may vanish; the source reports supporting computer calculations.

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Askar Dzhumadil'daev and Pasha Zusmanovich, “Commutative 2-cocycles on Lie algebras”, arXiv:0907.4780 (2018).

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