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A Whittaker category for the Symplectic Lie algebra

Representation Theory 2022-03-29 v1 Rings and Algebras

Abstract

For any nZ2n\in \mathbb{Z}_{\geq 2}, let mn\mathfrak{m}_n be the subalgebra of sp2n\mathfrak{sp}_{2n} spanned by all long negative root vectors X2ϵiX_{-2\epsilon_i}, i=1,,ni=1,\dots,n. An sp2n\mathfrak{sp}_{2n}-module MM is called a Whittaker module with respect to the Whittaker pair (sp2n,mn)(\mathfrak{sp}_{2n},\mathfrak{m}_n) if the action of mn\mathfrak{m}_n on MM is locally finite, according to a definition of Batra and Mazorchuk. This kind of modules are more general than the classical Whittaker modules defined by Kostant. In this paper, we show that each non-singular block WHaμ\mathcal{WH}_{\mathbf{a}}^{\mu} with finite dimensional Whittaker vector subspaces is equivalent to a module category Wa\mathcal{W}^{\mathbf{a}} of the even Weyl algebra Dnev\mathcal{D}_n^{ev} which is semi-simple. As a corollary, any simple module in the block WHi12ωn\mathcal{WH}_{\mathbf{i}}^{-\frac{1}{2}\omega_n} for the fundamental weight ωn\omega_n is equivalent to the Nilsson's module NiN_{\mathbf{i}} up to an automorphism of sp2n\mathfrak{sp}_{2n}. We also characterize all possible algebra homomorphisms from U(sp2n)U(\mathfrak{sp}_{2n}) to the Weyl algebra Dn\mathcal{D}_n under a natural condition.

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@article{arxiv.2203.14376,
  title  = {A Whittaker category for the Symplectic Lie algebra},
  author = {Yang Li and Jun Zhao and Yuanyuan Zhang and Genqiang Liu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2203.14376},
  year   = {2022}
}