Abstract

Let L be the Lie algebra of a simple algebraic group defined over a field F and let H be a split maximal toral subalgebra of L. Then L has a Chevalley basis with respect to H. If char ( F ) ≠ 2 , 3 , it is known how to find it. In this paper, we treat the remaining two characteristics. To this end, we present a few new methods, implemented in Magma, which vary from the computation of centralizers of one root space in another to the computation of a specific part of the Lie algebra of derivations of L.

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