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Let $Z(\mathcal{W})$ be the center of the finite $W$-algebra $\mathcal{W}({\mathfrak{g}},e)$ associated with $\mathfrak{g}=\text{Lie}(G)$ and a nilpotent element $e\in\mathfrak{g}$ for a connected reductive algebraic group $G$ over an…

Representation Theory · Mathematics 2026-03-10 Bin Shu , Yang Zeng

In recent years, the finite W-algebras associated to a semisimple Lie algebra and its nilpotent element have been studied intensively from different viewpoints. In this lecture series, we shall present some basic constructions, connections,…

Representation Theory · Mathematics 2011-01-26 Weiqiang Wang

A highest weight theory for a finite W-algebra U(g,e) was developed in [BGK]. This leads to a strategy for classifying the irreducible finite dimensional U(g,e)-modules. The highest weight theory depends on the choice of a parabolic…

Representation Theory · Mathematics 2011-05-18 Jonathan S. Brown , Simon M. Goodwin

Let \mathfrak{g}=\mathfrak{g}_{\bar{0}}\oplus\mathfrak{g}_{\bar{1}} be a basic classical Lie superalgebra over an algebraically closed field \mathbb{K} whose characteristic p>0 is a good prime for \mathfrak{g}. Let G_{\bar{0}} be the…

Representation Theory · Mathematics 2022-10-25 Leyu Han

Suppose $\mathfrak{g}=\mathfrak{g}_{\bar 0}+\mathfrak{g}_{\bar 1} is a Lie superalgebra of queer type or periplectic type over an algebraically closed field $\textbf{k}$ of characteristic $p>2$. In this article, we initiate preliminarily to…

Representation Theory · Mathematics 2023-07-04 Ye Ren , Bin Shu , Fanlei Yang , An Zhang

For a basic classical Lie superalgebra $\mathfrak s$, let $\mathfrak g$ be the central extension of the Takiff superalgebra $\mathfrak s\otimes\Lambda(\theta)$, where $\theta$ is an odd indeterminate. We study the category of $\mathfrak…

Representation Theory · Mathematics 2024-10-31 Chih-Whi Chen , Shun-Jen Cheng , Uhi Rinn Suh

For a restricted Lie superalgebra g over an algebraically closed field of characteristic p > 2, we generalize the deformation method of Premet and Skryabin to obtain results on the p-power and 2-power divisibility of dimensions of…

Representation Theory · Mathematics 2009-10-13 Lei Zhao

In the first part of this paper, we discuss the classical W-algebra $\mathcal{W}(\mathfrak{g}, F)$ associated with a Lie superalgebra $\mathfrak{g}$ and the nilpotent element $F$ in an $\mathfrak{sl}_2$-triple. We find a generating set of…

Representation Theory · Mathematics 2020-04-20 Uhi Rinn Suh

Let $\mathfrak{g}=\mathfrak{g}_{\bar{0}}\oplus\mathfrak{g}_{\bar{1}}$ be a finite-dimensional simple Lie superalgebra of type $D(2,1;\alpha)$, $G(3)$ or $F(4)$ over $\mathbb{C}$. Let $G$ be the simply connected semisimple algebraic group…

Representation Theory · Mathematics 2022-03-10 Leyu Han

Let U(g,e) be the finite W-algebra associated with a nilpotent element e in a simple Lie algebra g and assume that e is induced from a nilpotent element e_0 in a Levi subalgebra l of g. We show that if the finite W-algebra U(l,e_0) has a…

Representation Theory · Mathematics 2008-09-15 Alexander Premet

We study the finite W-superalgebra $W_e$ associated to a nilpotent element $e$ in a general linear Lie superalgebra. Under certain restriction on the Jordan type of $e$, we give a realization of $W_e$ in terms of a quotient of a shifted…

Quantum Algebra · Mathematics 2014-10-28 Yung-Ning Peng

We study the quantum finite W-algebras W(gl_N,f), associated to the Lie algebra gl_N, and its arbitrary nilpotent element f. We construct for such an algebra an r_1 x r_1 matrix L(z) of Yangian type, where r_1 is the number of maximal parts…

Representation Theory · Mathematics 2018-06-11 Alberto De Sole , Victor G. Kac , Daniele Valeri

With a nilpotent element in a semisimple Lie algebra g one associates a finitely generated associative algebra W called a W-algebra of finite type. This algebra is obtained from the universal enveloping algebra U(g) by a certain Hamiltonian…

Representation Theory · Mathematics 2010-06-03 Ivan Losev

Let $\vvv=\vvv_{\bar{0}}+\vvv_{\bar{1}}$ be a $\mathbb{Z}_2$-graded (super) vector space with an even $\mathbb{C}^{\times}$-action and $\chi \in \vvv_{\bar{0}}^{*}$ be a fixed point of the induced action. In this paper we will prove a…

Representation Theory · Mathematics 2020-01-24 Bin Shu , Husileng Xiao

We classify the finite dimensional irreducible representations with integral central character of finite $W$-algebras $U(\mathfrak g,e)$ associated to standard Levi nilpotent orbits in classical Lie algebras of types B and C. This…

Representation Theory · Mathematics 2016-01-20 Jonathan Brown , Simon M. Goodwin

Considering the general linear Lie superalgebra $\mathfrak{gl}(m|n)=\mathfrak{gl}(m|n)_{\bar{\bar 0}}\oplus \mathfrak{gl}(m|n)_{\bar{\bar 1}}$ over $\mathbb{C}$, we first formulate a super version of Vust theorem associated with a principal…

Representation Theory · Mathematics 2025-03-25 Changjie Cheng , Bin Shu , Yang Zeng

Motivated by the theory of unitary representations of finite dimensional Lie supergroups, we describe those Lie superalgebras which have a faithful finite dimensional unitary representation. We call these Lie superalgebras unitary. This is…

Quantum Algebra · Mathematics 2015-02-24 Saeid Azam , Karl-Hermann Neeb

We develop a general theory of $W$-algebras in the context of supersymmetric vertex algebras. We describe the structure of $W$-algebras associated with odd nilpotent elements of Lie superalgebras in terms of their free generating sets. As…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2021-09-07 Alexander Molev , Eric Ragoucy , Uhi Rinn Suh

Let $\mathfrak{g}$ be a basic Lie superalgebra and $f$ be an odd nilpotent element in an $\mathfrak{osp}(1|2)$ subalgebra of $\mathfrak{g}$. We provide a mathematical proof of the statement that the W-algebra $W^k(\mathfrak{g},F)$ for…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2025-10-07 Andrew Linshaw , Arim Song , Uhi Rinn Suh

We study various categories of Whittaker modules over the queer Lie superalgebras $\mathfrak q(n)$. We formulate standard Whittaker modules and reduce the problem of composition factors of these standard Whittaker modules to that of Verma…

Representation Theory · Mathematics 2026-01-01 Chih-Whi Chen , Shun-Jen Cheng