On the construction of Casimir operators

by Phillip Isaac (University of Queensland)

Location: Krijgslaan 281. Building S8, room 3.065, Ghent
Time: Thursday August 30, 2018 at 14:00

We present a straightforward algorithm for producing Casimir operators of a Lie algebra. This algorithm has been shown to be effective in determining Casimir operators of certain classes of non semisimple Lie algebras. We discuss some structural issues that arise.