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= Restricted Lie algebra
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A **restricted Lie algebra** is a special type of Lie algebra that comes equipped with a unary operation called the "p-th power" which generalizes the notion of taking powers of elements in the context of Lie algebras. This concept is particularly important in the study of Lie algebras over fields of characteristic \\( p \\), where \\( p \\) is a prime number.