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Central Quotients and Coverings of Steinberg Unitary Lie Algebras

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

Bruce N. Allison  and
Yun Gao
Bruce N. Allison
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2G1 email: e-mail: ballison@vega.math.ualberta.cae-mail: ygoa@vega.math.ualberta.ca
Yun Gao
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2G1 email: e-mail: ballison@vega.math.ualberta.cae-mail: ygoa@vega.math.ualberta.ca
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Abstract

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In this paper, we calculate the center and the universal covering algebra of the Steinberg unitary Lie algebra stun, where is a unital nonassociative algebra with involution and n ≥ 3.

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Type
Research Article
Information
Canadian Journal of Mathematics , Volume 48 , Issue 3 , 01 June 1996 , pp. 449 - 482
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 1996

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