EXAMPLES OF SIMPLE VECTORIAL LIE ALGEBRAS IN CHARACTERISTIC 2

Abstract

The classification of simple finite dimensional modular Lie algebras over algebraically closed fields of characteristic p > 3 (described by the generalized Kostrikin–Shafarevich conjecture) being completed due to Block, Wilson, Premet and Strade (with contributions from other researchers) the next major classification problems are those of simple finite dimensional modular Lie algebras over fields of characteristic 3 and 2. For the latter, the Kochetkov–Leites conjecture involved classification of Lie superalgebras and their inhomogeneous with respect to parity subalgebras, called Volichenko algebras. In characteristic 2, we consider the result of application of the functor forgetting the superstructure to the simple serial vectorial Lie algebras known to us and their Volichenko subalgebras.