Search results for "Affine Lie algebra"
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A class of nilpotent Lie algebras admitting a compact subgroup of automorphisms
2017
Abstract The realification of the ( 2 n + 1 ) -dimensional complex Heisenberg Lie algebra is a ( 4 n + 2 ) -dimensional real nilpotent Lie algebra with a 2-dimensional commutator ideal coinciding with the centre, and admitting the compact algebra sp ( n ) of derivations. We investigate, in general, whether a real nilpotent Lie algebra with 2-dimensional commutator ideal coinciding with the centre admits a compact Lie algebra of derivations. This also gives us the occasion to revisit a series of classic results, with the expressed aim of attracting the interest of a broader audience.
Annihilators of tensor density modules
2007
Abstract We describe the two-sided ideals in the universal enveloping algebras of the Lie algebras of vector fields on the line and the circle which annihilate the tensor density modules. Both of these Lie algebras contain the projective subalgebra, a copy of sl 2 . The restrictions of the tensor density modules to this subalgebra are duals of Verma modules (of sl 2 ) for Vec ( R ) and principal series modules (of sl 2 ) for Vec ( S 1 ) . Thus our results are related to the well-known theorem of Duflo describing the annihilating ideals of Verma modules of reductive Lie algebras. We find that, in general, the annihilator of a tensor density module of Vec ( R ) or Vec ( S 1 ) is generated by …
Lie Algebras Generated by Extremal Elements
1999
We study Lie algebras generated by extremal elements (i.e., elements spanning inner ideals of L) over a field of characteristic distinct from 2. We prove that any Lie algebra generated by a finite number of extremal elements is finite dimensional. The minimal number of extremal generators for the Lie algebras of type An, Bn (n>2), Cn (n>1), Dn (n>3), En (n=6,7,8), F4 and G2 are shown to be n+1, n+1, 2n, n, 5, 5, and 4 in the respective cases. These results are related to group theoretic ones for the corresponding Chevalley groups.
The graded Lie algebra structure of Lie superalgebra deformation theory
1989
We show how Lie superalgebra deformation theory can be treated by graded Lie algebras formalism. Rigidity and integrability theorems are obtained.
The enveloping algebra of the Lie superalgebra osp(1,2)
1990
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Algebras of pseudodifferential operators on complete manifolds
2003
In several influential works, Melrose has studied examples of non-compact manifolds M 0 M_0 whose large scale geometry is described by a Lie algebra of vector fields V ⊂ Γ ( M ; T M ) \mathcal V \subset \Gamma (M;TM) on a compactification of M 0 M_0 to a manifold with corners M M . The geometry of these manifolds—called “manifolds with a Lie structure at infinity”—was studied from an axiomatic point of view in a previous paper of ours. In this paper, we define and study an algebra Ψ 1 , 0 , V ∞ ( M 0 ) \Psi _{1,0,\mathcal V}^\infty (M_0) of pseudodifferential operators canonically associated to a manifold M 0 M_0 with a Lie structure at infinity V ⊂ Γ ( M ; T M ) \mathcal V \subset \Gamma (…
Indecomposable modules over the Virasoro Lie algebra and a conjecture of V. Kac
1991
We consider a class of indecomposable modules over the Virasoro Lie algebra that we call bounded admissible modules. We get results concerning the center and the dimensions of the weight spaces. We prove that these modules always contain a submodule with one-dimensional weight spaces. From this follows the proof of a conjecture of V. Kac concerning the classification of simple admissible modules.
Representations of Affine Kac-Moody Algebras
1989
In the first chapter we explained how simple finite-dimensional Lie algebras can be completely characterized in terms of their Cartan matrices or Dynkin diagrams. The same holds for an arbitrary semisim-ple finite-dimensional Lie algebra. A semisimple Lie algebra is a direct sum of simple ideals which are pairwise orthogonal with respect to the Killing form. It follows that the Cartan matrix of a semisimple Lie algebra decomposes to a block diagonal form, each block representing a simple ideal. Similarly, the Dynkin diagram is a disconnected union of Dynkin diagrams of simple Lie algebras. Next we shall study certain infinite-dimensional Lie algebras which have many similarities with the si…
The Virasoro Algebra
1989
In this chapter we shall study the Lie algebra Vect S1 of vector fields on a circle and some of its generalizations. The Lie algebra Vect S1 has a central extension, the Virasoro algebra. The representation theory of the Virasoro algebra is closely related to the representation theory of affine Lie algebras. In fact, through the Sugawara construction, to be defined below, a highest weight representation of an affine Lie algebra carries always a highest weight representation of the Virasoro algebra. All the irreducible highest weight representations of the Virasoro algebra are known and they can be exponentiated to representations of associated infinite-dimensional Lie groups. The representa…
COMPLEX STRUCTURES ON INDECOMPOSABLE 6-DIMENSIONAL NILPOTENT REAL LIE ALGEBRAS
2007
We compute all complex structures on indecomposable 6-dimensional real Lie algebras and their equivalence classes. We also give for each of them a global holomorphic chart on the connected simply connected Lie group associated to the real Lie algebra and write down the multiplication in that chart.