The symbol SPACE is used as notation for multiplication by scalars. The scalars are of type Number if the field is QQ, otherwise the scalars are of type RingElement.
i1 : L = lieAlgebra{a,b}
o1 = L
o1 : LieAlgebra
i2 : d = lieDerivation{a a b,b b a}
o2 = d
o2 : LieDerivation
i3 : describe(-2 d)
o3 = a => 2 (a b a)
b => - 2 (b b a)
map => id_L
sign => 0
weight => {2, 0}
source => L
target => L