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A class of simple weight Virasoro modules

Representation Theory 2019-08-08 v1

Abstract

For a simple module MM over the positive part of the Virasoro algebra (actually for any simple module over some finite dimensional solvable Lie algebras ar\mathfrak{a}_r) and any α\C\alpha\in\C, a class of weight modules N(M,α)\mathcal {N}(M, \alpha) over the Virasoro algebra are constructed. The necessary and sufficient condition for N(M,\a)\mathcal {N}(M, \a) to be simple is obtained. We also determine the necessary and sufficient conditions for two such irreducible Virasoro modules to be isomorphic. Many examples for such irreducible Virasoro modules with different features are provided. In particular the irreducible weight Virasoro modules Γ(α1,α2,λ1,λ2)\Gamma(\alpha_1, \alpha_2, \lambda_1, \lambda_2) are defined on the polynomial algebra \C[x]\C[t,t1]\C[x]\otimes \C[t, t^{-1}] for any α1,α2,λ1,λ2\C\alpha_1, \alpha_2, \lambda_1, \lambda_2\in\C with λ1\lambda_1 or λ2\lambda_2 nonzero. By twisting the weight modules N(M,α)\mathcal {N}(M, \alpha) we also obtain nonweight simple Virasoro modules N(M,β)\mathcal {N}(M, \beta) for any β\C[t,t1]\beta\in\C[t,t^{-1}].

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@article{arxiv.1211.0998,
  title  = {A class of simple weight Virasoro modules},
  author = {Genqiang Liu and Rencai Lu and Kaiming Zhao},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1211.0998},
  year   = {2019}
}

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15 pages

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