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In algebra, a parabolic Lie algebra is a subalgebra of a semisimple Lie algebra satisfying one of the following two conditions:
These conditions are equivalent over an algebraically closed field of characteristic zero, such as the complex numbers. If the field is not algebraically closed, then the first condition is replaced by the assumption that
where is the algebraic closure of .