Nilpotency and Frattini theory for transposed Poisson algebras

Abstract

We develop the theory of nilpotency and the Frattini theory for transposed Poisson algebras. The lower central series is shown to admit a simplified form, and an analogue of Engel's theorem is established: a finite-dimensional transposed Poisson algebra is nilpotent precisely when the left multiplication operators in both the associative and the Lie structures are nilpotent. Constructions of nilpotent and solvable algebras via tensor products and derivations are given. For a finite-dimensional Lie-nilpotent transposed Poisson algebra, we prove that the derived Lie subalgebra is a nilpotent ideal, which implies that the nilpotent radical coincides with the associative radical. In the framework of Frattini theory, we show that the Frattini subalgebra is always contained in the derived algebra and the Frattini ideal is associative nilpotent. When the algebra is nilpotent, all maximal subalgebras are ideals and the Frattini subalgebra equals the derived algebra. Conversely, for a Lie-nilpotent transposed Poisson algebra, if all maximal subalgebras are ideals, the algebra either is nilpotent or decomposes as a direct sum of a one-dimensional algebra generated by an idempotent and the nilpotent radical; if the Frattini subalgebra equals the derived algebra, the algebra is necessarily nilpotent. We also prove that the zero socle coincides with the nilpotent radical, and when the Frattini ideal is zero, the algebra splits into a subalgebra and its zero socle; in the Lie-nilpotent case this subalgebra is abelian as a Lie algebra.