Let be a finite-dimensional Lie algebra over an algebraically closed field. If every operator of the Adjoint representation of a Lie algebra is diagonalizable, then is abelian. For if with , then but . This contradicts for a diagonalizable endomorphism . Therefore every adjoint operator has only the eigenvalue zero and is diagonalizable, so every adjoint operator is zero. Hence every Lie bracket vanishes.
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