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In this paper the authors investigate the structure of the restricted Lie algebra cohomology of p-nilpotent Lie algebras with trivial p-power operation. Our study is facilitated by a spectral sequence whose E 2-term is the tensor product of the symmetric algebra on the dual of the Lie algebra with the ordinary Lie algebra cohomology and converges to the restricted cohomology ring. In many cases this spectral sequence collapses, and thus, the restricted Lie algebra cohomology is Cohen–Macaulay. A stronger result involves the collapsing of the spectral sequence and the cohomology ring identifying as a ring with the E 2-term. We present criteria for the collapsing of this spectral sequence and provide some examples where the ring isomorphism fails. Furthermore, we show that there are instances when the spectral sequence does not collapse and yields cohomology rings which are not Cohen-Macaulay.
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*Partially supported by NSF grant DMS-1001102.
**Partially supported by NSF grant DMS-1002135.
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CARLSON, J.F., NAKANO, D.K. ON THE STRUCTURE OF COHOMOLOGY RINGS OF p-NILPOTENT LIE ALGEBRAS. Transformation Groups 19, 721–734 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00031-014-9276-7
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00031-014-9276-7