Journal Home Page Cumulative Index List of all Volumes Complete Contentsof this Volume Previous Article Journal of Lie Theory 28 (2018), No. 4, 1165--1188Copyright Heldermann Verlag 2018 Galois Groups and Group Actions on Lie Algebras A. L. Agore Simion Stoilow Inst. of Mathematics, Romanian Academy of Sciences, P.O. Box 1-764, 014700 Bucharest, Romania and: Faculty of Engineering, Vrije Universiteit, Pleinlaan 2, 1050 Brussels, Belgium ana.agore@gmail.com G. Militaru Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Bucharest, Str. Academiei 14, 010014 Bucharest 1, Romania gigel.militaru@gmail.com [Abstract-pdf] If $\mathfrak{g} \subseteq \mathfrak{h}$ is an extension of Lie algebras over a field $k$ such that ${\rm dim}_k (\mathfrak{g}) = n$ and ${\rm dim}_k (\mathfrak{h}) = n + m$, then the Galois group ${\rm Gal} \, (\mathfrak{h}/\mathfrak{g})$ is explicitly described as a subgroup of the canonical semidirect product of groups ${\rm GL} (m, \, k) \rtimes {\rm M}_{n\times m} (k)$. An Artin type theorem for Lie algebras is proved: if a group $G$ whose order is invertible in $k$ acts as automorphisms on a Lie algebra $\mathfrak{h}$, then $\mathfrak{h}$ is isomorphic to a skew crossed product $\mathfrak{h}^G \, \#^{\bullet} \, V$, where $\mathfrak{h}^G$ is the subalgebra of invariants and $V$ is the kernel of the Reynolds operator. The Galois group ${\rm Gal} \, (\mathfrak{h}/\mathfrak{h}^G)$ is also computed, highlighting the difference from the classical Galois theory of fields where the corresponding group is $G$. The counterpart for Lie algebras of Hilbert's Theorem 90 is proved and based on it the structure of Lie algebras $\mathfrak{h}$ having a certain type of action of a finite cyclic group is described. Radical extensions of finite dimensional Lie algebras are introduced and it is shown that their Galois group is solvable. Several applications and examples are provided. Keywords: Groups acting on Lie algebras, Galois groups, Artin's theorem, Hilbert's theorem 90. MSC: 17B05, 17B40. [ Fulltext-pdf  (204  KB)] for subscribers only.