2017/11/18 by Boucetta, Mohamed, Lebzioui, Hicham · 2 citations
#Differential Geometry (math.DG) #FOS: Mathematics
paper · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1711.06938
A flat pseudo-Euclidean Lie algebra is a real Lie algebra with a non degenerate symmetric bilinear form and a left symmetric product whose the commutator is the Lie bracket and such that the left multiplications are skew-symmetric. We show that the center of a flat pseudo-Euclidean nilpotent Lie algebra of signature (2,n-2) must be degenerate and all flat pseudo-Euclidean nilpotent Lie algebras of signature (2,n-2) can be obtained by using the double extension process from flat Lorentzian nilpotent Lie algebras. We show also that the center of a flat pseudo-Euclidean 2-step nilpotent Lie algebra is degenerate and all these Lie algebras are obtained by using a sequence of double extension from an abelian Lie algebra. In particular, we determine all flat pseudo-Euclidean 2-step nilpotent Lie algebras of signature (2,n-2). The paper contains also some examples in low dimension.