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Weight module classifications for Bershadsky--Polyakov algebras

Quantum Algebra 2023-12-01 v3 Mathematical Physics math.MP Representation Theory

Abstract

The Bershadsky--Polyakov algebras are the subregular quantum hamiltonian reductions of the affine vertex operator algebras associated with sl3\mathfrak{sl}_3. In arXiv:2007.00396 [math.QA], we realised these algebras in terms of the regular reduction, Zamolodchikov's W3_3-algebra, and an isotropic lattice vertex operator algebra. We also proved that a natural construction of relaxed highest-weight Bershadsky--Polyakov modules gives modules that are generically irreducible. Here, we prove that this construction, when combined with spectral flow twists, gives a complete set of irreducible weight modules whose weight spaces are finite-dimensional. This gives a simple independent proof of the main classification theorem of arXiv:2007.03917 [math.RT] for nondegenerate admissible levels and extends this classification to a category of weight modules. We also deduce the classification for the nonadmissible level k=73\mathsf{k}=-\frac{7}{3}, which is new.

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@article{arxiv.2303.03713,
  title  = {Weight module classifications for Bershadsky--Polyakov algebras},
  author = {Drazen Adamovic and Kazuya Kawasetsu and David Ridout},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2303.03713},
  year   = {2023}
}

Comments

v1: 27 pages, 1 figure. v2: 28 pages, 1 figure; rewrote introduction and added references. v3: updated references

R2 v1 2026-06-28T09:05:01.528Z