Published online by Cambridge University Press: 09 April 2009
Let L be a finite-dimensional Lie algebra over the field F. The Ado-Iwasawa Theorem asserts the existence of a finite-dimensional L-module which gives a faithful representation ρ of L. Let S be a subnormal subalgebra of L, let be a saturated formation of soluble Lie algebras and suppose that S ∈ . I show that there exists a module V with the extra property that it is -hypercentral as S-module. Further, there exists a module V which has this extra property simultaneously for every such S and , along with the Hochschild extra that ρ(x) is nilpotent for every x ∈ L with ad(x) nilpotent. In particular, if L is supersoluble, then it has a faithful representation by upper triangular matrices.