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Graphs and two-step nilpotent Lie algebras

  • Meera G. Mainkar

    Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, USA
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Abstract

We consider a method popular in the literature of associating a two-step nilpotent Lie algebra with a finite simple graph. We prove that the two-step nilpotent Lie algebras associated with two graphs are Lie isomorphic if and only if the graphs from which they arise are isomorphic.

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Meera G. Mainkar, Graphs and two-step nilpotent Lie algebras. Groups Geom. Dyn. 9 (2015), no. 1, pp. 55–65

DOI 10.4171/GGD/305