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To classify the classical field theories with W-symmetry one has to classify the symplectic leaves of the corresponding W-algebra, which are the intersection of the defining constraint and the coadjoint orbit of the affine Lie algebra if…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 Z. Bajnok , D. Nogradi

Structure of certain simple $\mathcal{W}$-algebras assocated with the Deligne exceptional Lie algebras and non-admissible levels are described as the {\it simple current extensions} of certain vertex operator algebras. As an application,…

Quantum Algebra · Mathematics 2015-05-27 Kazuya Kawasetsu

In this paper, we study the derivations, central extensions and the automorphisms of the infinite-dimensional Lie algebra W which appeared in [8] and Dong-Zhang's recent work [22] on the classification of some simple vertex operator…

Rings and Algebras · Mathematics 2008-01-28 Shoulan Gao , Cuipo Jiang , Yufeng Pei

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

A class of classical affine W-algebras are shown to be isomorphic as differential algebras to the coordinate rings of double coset spaces of certain prounipotent proalgebraic groups. As an application, integrable Hamiltonian hierarchies…

Quantum Algebra · Mathematics 2020-06-02 Shigenori Nakatsuka

We construct geometrically the generating fields of a W algebra which acts irreducibly on the direct sum of the cohomology rings of the Hilbert schemes of n points on a projective surface for all n. We compute explicitly the commutators…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Wei-Ping Li , Zhenbo Qin , Weiqiang Wang

We construct a non-trivial homomorphism from the Guay's affine Yangian associated with $\widehat{\mathfrak{sl}}(n)$ to the universal enveloping algebra of the $W$-algebra associated with a Lie algebra $\mathfrak{gl}(m+n)$ and its nilpotent…

Quantum Algebra · Mathematics 2023-08-30 Mamoru Ueda

After some definitions, we review in the first part of this talk the construction and classification of classical $W$ (super)algebras symmetries of Toda theories. The second part deals with more recently obtained properties. At first, we…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2008-02-03 F. Delduc , L. Frappat , E. Ragoucy , P. Sorba

A W-algebra is an associative algebra constructed from a semisimple Lie algebra and its nilpotent element. This paper concentrates on the study of 1-dimensional representations of these algebras. Under some conditions on a nilpotent element…

Representation Theory · Mathematics 2011-04-12 Ivan Losev

We construct a homomorphism from the affine Yangian associated with $\widehat{\mathfrak{sl}}(q_u-q_{u+1})$ to the universal enveloping algebra of a $W$-algebra associated with $\mathfrak{gl}(\sum_{s=1}^lq_s)$ and a nilpotent element of type…

Quantum Algebra · Mathematics 2024-07-30 Mamoru Ueda

We study the classical version of supersymmetric $W$-algebras. Using the second Gelfand-Dickey Hamiltonian structure we work out in detail $W_2$ and $W_3$-algebras.

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-26 Katri Huitu , Dennis Nemeschansky

We investigate the representations and the structure of Hecke algebras associated to certain finite complex reflection groups. We first describe computational methods for the construction of irreducible representations of these algebras,…

Representation Theory · Mathematics 2019-02-20 Gunter Malle , Jean Michel

This paper is the detailed version of math.QA/0403477 (T. Arakawa, Quantized Reductions and Irreducible Representations of W-Algebras) with extended results; We study the representation theory of the W-algebra $W_k(g)$ associated with a…

Quantum Algebra · Mathematics 2007-06-13 Tomoyuki Arakawa

There are three universal $2$-parameter vertex algebras $\mathcal{W}_{\infty}$, $\mathcal{W}^{\text{ev}}_{\infty}$, and $\mathcal{W}^{\mathfrak{sp}}_{\infty}$ which are freely generated of types $\mathcal{W}(2,3,4,\dots)$,…

Quantum Algebra · Mathematics 2025-12-23 Thomas Creutzig , Vladimir Kovalchuk , Andrew R. Linshaw

The construction of superintegrable systems based on Lie algebras and their universal enveloping algebras has been widely studied over the past decades. However, most constructions rely on explicit differential operator realisations and…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2025-05-26 Ian Marquette , Junze Zhang , Yao-Zhong Zhang

We replace the group of group-like elements of the quantized enveloping algebra $U_q({\frak{g}})$ of a finite dimensional semisimple Lie algebra ${\frak g}$ by some regular monoid and get the weak Hopf algebra ${\frak{w}}_q^{\sf d}({\frak…

Quantum Algebra · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Shilin Yang

Given a map $\Xi\colon U(\mathfrak{g})\rightarrow A$ of associative algebras, with $U(\mathfrak{g})$ the universal enveloping algebra of a (complex) finite-dimensional reductive Lie algebra $\mathfrak{g}$, the restriction functor from…

Representation Theory · Mathematics 2025-01-03 Jonas T. Hartwig , Dwight Anderson Williams

For a quiver with weighted arrows we define gauge-theory K-theoretic W-algebra generalizing the definition of Shiraishi et al., and Frenkel and Reshetikhin. In particular, we show that the qq-character construction of gauge theory presented…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2018-05-08 Taro Kimura , Vasily Pestun

We define noncommutative deformations $W_q^s(G)$ of algebras of functions on certain (finite coverings of) transversal slices to the set of conjugacy classes in an algebraic group $G$ which play the role of Slodowy slices in algebraic group…

Representation Theory · Mathematics 2015-06-29 A. Sevostyanov

We study the representation theory of finite W-algebras. After introducing parabolic subalgebras to describe the structure of W-algebras, we define the Verma modules and give a conjecture for the Kac determinant. This allows us to find the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2011-07-19 K. de Vos , P. van Driel