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On Gelfand-Kirillov conjecture for some W-algebras

Representation Theory 2015-09-22 v1 Rings and Algebras

Abstract

Consider the W-algebra WW attached to the smallest nilpotent orbit in a simple Lie algebra g\frak g over an algebraically closed field of characteristic 0. We show that if an analogue of the Gelfand-Kirillov conjecture holds for such a W-algebra then it holds for the universal enveloping algebra U(g)\mathrm U(\frak g). This together with a result of A. Premet implies that the analogue of the Gelfand-Kirillov conjecture fails for some WW-algebras attached to some nilpotent orbits in Lie algebras of types Bn (n3)B_n~(n\ge 3), Dn (n4)D_n~(n\ge 4), E6,E7,E8E_6, E_7, E_8, F4F_4.

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@article{arxiv.1509.06280,
  title  = {On Gelfand-Kirillov conjecture for some W-algebras},
  author = {Alexey Petukhov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1509.06280},
  year   = {2015}
}