The Lie Algebras in which Every Subspace Is Its Subalgebra

Abstract

In this paper, we study the Lie algebras in which every subspace is its subalgebra (denoted by HB Lie algebras). We get that a nonabelian Lie algebra is an HB Lie algebra if and only if it is isomorphic to $g\dot{+}\mathbb{C}id_g$, where $g$ is an abelian Lie algebra. Moreover we show that the derivation algebra and the holomorph of a nonabelian HB Lie algebra are complete.