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A Remark on Nilpotent Lie Algebras that Do No Admit Gradings

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We explain why nilpotent Lie algebras usually are characteristically nilpotent, i.e., do not admit ℤ-gradings.

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  2. Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics, Moscow State University, and Institute for Information Transmission Problems, Moscow, Russia

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Published in Zapiski Nauchnykh Seminarov POMI, Vol. 481, 2019, pp. 108–124.

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Neretin, Y.A. A Remark on Nilpotent Lie Algebras that Do No Admit Gradings. J Math Sci 247, 711–722 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10958-020-04833-x

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