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The Lie algebras considered in this chapter are finite-dimensional algebras over a field k. In Sees. 7 and 8 we assume that k has characteristic 0. The Lie bracket of x and y is denoted by [x, y], and the map y → [x, y] by ad x.
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Serre, JP. (2001). Nilpotent Lie Algebras and Solvable Lie Algebras. In: Complex Semisimple Lie Algebras. Springer Monographs in Mathematics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-56884-8_1
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