 Engel normalizer lemma

If $L$ is a finite-dimensional Lie algebra of nilpotent endomorphisms, every proper Lie subalgebra $M$ is strictly contained in its normalizer of a Lie subalgebra. The Adjoint representation of $M$ on $L/M$ consists of nilpotent maps by nilpotence of commutation by a nilpotent endomorphism. In the inductive proof of Engel theorem, the lower-dimensional Engel lemma gives a nonzero class $y+M$ with $[M,y]\subseteq M$. A maximal proper $M$ is consequently an ideal of a Lie algebra of codimension one.