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Generators and relations for (generalised) Cartan type superalgebras

Representation Theory 2019-05-22 v2 High Energy Physics - Theory Quantum Algebra

Abstract

In Kac's classification of finite-dimensional Lie superalgebras, the contragredient ones can be constructed from Dynkin diagrams similar to those of the simple finite-dimensional Lie algebras, but with additional types of nodes. For example, A(n1,0)=sl(1n)A(n-1,0) = \mathfrak{sl}(1|n) can be constructed by adding a "gray" node to the Dynkin diagram of An1=sl(n)A_{n-1} = \mathfrak{sl}(n), corresponding to an odd null root. The Cartan superalgebras constitute a different class, where the simplest example is W(n)W(n), the derivation algebra of the Grassmann algebra on nn generators. Here we present a novel construction of W(n)W(n), from the same Dynkin diagram as A(n1,0)A(n-1,0), but with additional generators and relations.

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@article{arxiv.1812.03068,
  title  = {Generators and relations for (generalised) Cartan type superalgebras},
  author = {Lisa Carbone and Martin Cederwall and Jakob Palmkvist},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1812.03068},
  year   = {2019}
}

Comments

6 pages, talk presented at Group32, Prague, July 2018. v2: Minor changes

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