The Sierra–Walton conjecture on Noetherian enveloping algebras

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Let KK be a field of characteristic zero, let g\mathfrak{g} be a Lie algebra over KK, and let U(g)U(\mathfrak{g}) denote its universal enveloping algebra. Sierra–Walton conjecture. If g\mathfrak{g} is infinite dimensional, then U(g)U(\mathfrak{g}) is not Noetherian.

This conjecture asserts that a Noetherian universal enveloping algebra can arise only from a finite-dimensional Lie algebra. The paper introduces weakly Noetherian Lie algebras to study this question; the supplied text does not state that the conjecture has been resolved.

References

Primary source

Olivier Mathieu, “Weakly Noetherian Lie Algebra and the Sierra-Walton Conjecture”, arXiv:2605.18116 (2026).

Additional references

2 papers in this index state this conjecture (2024–2026). The statement above is taken from the most recent of them; the others are arXiv:2405.15235.

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