Three Ideals of Lie Superalgebras

Abstract

We define perfect ideals, near perfect ideals and upper bounded ideals of a finite-dimensional Lie superalgebra, and study the properties of these three kinds of ideals through their relevant sequences. We prove that a Lie superalgebra is solvable if and only if its maximal perfect ideal is zero, or its quotient superalgebra by the maximal perfect ideal is solvable. We also show that a Lie superalgebra is nilpotent if and only if its maximal near perfect ideal is zero. Moreover, we prove that a nilpotent Lie superalgebra has only one upper bounded ideal, which is the nilpotent Lie superalgebra itself.