Borel subalgebras of the Witt algebra $W_1$

Abstract

Let $\mathbb{F}$ be an algebraically closed field of characteristic $p>3$, and $⋙$ the $p$-dimensional Witt algebra over $\mathbb{F}$. Let $\mathbb{N}$ be the nilpotent cone of $⋙$. Explicit description of $\mathbb{N}$ is given, so that the conjugacy classes of Borel subalgebras of $⋙$ under the automorphism group are determined. In contrast with only one conjugacy class of Borel subalgebras in a classical simple Lie algebra, there are two conjugacy classes of Borel subalgebras in $⋙$. The representatives of conjugacy classes of Borel subalgebras, i.e., the so-called standard Borel subalgebras, are precisely given.

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