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Irreducible modules over Witt algebras $\mathcal{W}_n$ and over $\mathfrak{sl}_{n+1}(\mathbb{C})$

Representation Theory 2019-08-08 v1 Quantum Algebra Rings and Algebras

Abstract

In this paper, by using the "twisting technique" we obtain a class of new modules AbA_b over the Witt algebras Wn\mathcal{W}_n from modules AA over the Weyl algebras Kn\mathcal{K}_n (of Laurent polynomials) for any bCb\in\mathbb{C}. We give the necessary and sufficient conditions for AbA_b to be irreducible, and determine the necessary and sufficient conditions for two such irreducible Wn\mathcal{W}_n-modules to be isomorphic. Since \sln+1(C)\sl_{n+1}(\mathbb{C}) is a subalgebra of Wn\mathcal{W}_n, all the above irreducible Wn\mathcal{W}_n-modules AbA_b can be considered as \sln+1(C)\sl_{n+1}(\mathbb{C})-modules. For a class of such \sln+1(C)\sl_{n+1}(\mathbb{C})-modules, denoted by Ω1a(λ1,λ2,,λn)\Omega_{1-a}(\lambda_1,\lambda_2,\cdots,\lambda_n) where aC,λ1,λ2,,λnCa\in\mathbb{C}, \lambda_1,\lambda_2,\cdots,\lambda_n \in \mathbb{C}^*, we determine the necessary and sufficient conditions for these \sln+1(C)\sl_{n+1}(\mathbb{C})-modules to be irreducible. If the \sln+1(C)\sl_{n+1}(\mathbb{C})-module Ω1a(λ1,λ2,,λn)\Omega_{1-a}(\lambda_1,\lambda_2,\cdots,\lambda_n) is reducible, we prove that it has a unique nontrivial submodule W1a(λ1,λ2,...λn)W_{1-a}(\lambda_1, \lambda_2,...\lambda_n) and the quotient module is the finite dimensional \sln+1(C)\sl_{n+1}(\mathbb{C})-module with highest weight mΛnm\Lambda_n for some non-negative integer mZ+m\in \Z_+. The necessary and sufficient conditions for two sln+1(C)\mathfrak{sl}_{n+1}(\mathbb{C})-modules Ω1a(λ1,λ2,,λn)\Omega_{1-a}(\lambda_1,\lambda_2,\cdots,\lambda_n) and W1a(λ1,λ2,...λn)W_{1-a}(\lambda_1, \lambda_2,...\lambda_n) to be isomorphic are also determined. The irreducible sln+1(C)\mathfrak{sl}_{n+1}(\mathbb{C})-modules Ω1a(λ1,λ2,...λn)\Omega_{1-a}(\lambda_1, \lambda_2,...\lambda_n) and W1a(λ1,λ2,...λn)W_{1-a}(\lambda_1, \lambda_2,...\lambda_n) are new.

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@article{arxiv.1312.5539,
  title  = {Irreducible modules over Witt algebras $\mathcal{W}_n$ and over $\mathfrak{sl}_{n+1}(\mathbb{C})$},
  author = {Haijun Tan and Kaiming Zhao},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1312.5539},
  year   = {2019}
}

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19 pages