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The orbit method for locally nilpotent infinite-dimensional Lie algebras

Representation Theory 2020-04-03 v1 Rings and Algebras

Abstract

Let n\mathfrak{n} be a locally nilpotent infinite-dimensional Lie algebra over C\mathbb{C}. Let U(n)\mathrm{U}(\mathfrak{n}) and S(n)\mathrm{S}(\mathfrak{n}) be its universal enveloping algebra and its symmetric algebra respectively. Consider the Jacobson topology on the primitive spectrum of U(n)\mathrm{U}(\mathfrak{n}) and the Poisson topology on the primitive Poisson spectrum of S(n)\mathrm{S}(\mathfrak{n}). We provide a homeomorphism between the corresponding topological spaces (on the level of points, it gives a bijection between the primitive ideals of U(n)\mathrm{U}(\mathfrak{n}) and S(n)\mathrm{S}(\mathfrak{n})). We also show that all primitive ideals of S(n)\mathrm{S}(\mathfrak{n}) from an open set in a properly chosen topology are generated by their intersections with the Poisson center. Under the assumption that n\mathfrak{n} is a nil-Dynkin Lie algebra, we give two criteria for primitive ideals I(λ)S(n)I(\lambda)\subset\mathrm{S}(\mathfrak{n}) and J(λ)U(n)J(\lambda)\subset\mathrm{U}(\mathfrak{n}), λn\lambda\in\mathfrak{n}^*, to be nonzero. Most of these results generalize the known facts about primitive and Poisson spectrum for finite-dimensional nilpotent Lie algebras (but note that for a finite-dimensional nilpotent Lie algebra all primitive ideals I(λ)I(\lambda), J(λ)J(\lambda) are nonzero).

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@article{arxiv.2004.01068,
  title  = {The orbit method for locally nilpotent infinite-dimensional Lie algebras},
  author = {Mikhail V. Ignatyev and Alexey Petukhov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2004.01068},
  year   = {2020}
}

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