The quasi-reductivity characterization of contact Lie poset algebras
Let be an index-one Lie poset algebra of type A, B, C, or D. A Lie algebra is quasi-reductive if it admits a one-form of reductive type, meaning a one-form whose coadjoint stabilizer modulo the center has center consisting of semisimple elements.
Quasi-reductivity conjecture. An index-one Lie poset algebra of type A, B, C, or D is contact if and only if it is quasi-reductive.
The forward implication is motivated by the contact forms constructed for the classical families associated with height-one posets, which are of reductive type, while the converse follows from an argument analogous to the cited type-A result. A full characterization for arbitrary heights remains open.
References
Primary source
Nicholas Mayers and Nicholas Russoniello, “Contact Lie poset algebras of types B, C, and D”, arXiv:2403.00958 (2024).
Additional references
2 papers in this index state this conjecture (2022–2024). The statement above is taken from the most recent of them; the others are arXiv:2208.09060.
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