The structure of split regular BiHom-Lie algebras

Abstract

We introduce the class of split regular BiHom-Lie algebras as the natural extension of the one of split Hom-Lie algebras and so of split Lie algebras. We show that an arbitrary split regular BiHom-Lie algebra L is of the form L = U +∑_j I_j with U a linear subspace of a fixed maximal abelian subalgebra H and any I_j a well described (split) ideal of L, satisfying [I_j ; I_k] = 0 if j ≠ k. Under certain conditions, the simplicity of L is characterized and it is shown that L is the direct sum of the family of its simple ideals.