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Centrally generated primitive ideals of $U(\mathfrak{n})$ for exceptional types

Representation Theory 2020-07-28 v3

Abstract

Let g\mathfrak{g} be a complex semisimple Lie algebra, b\mathfrak{b} be a Borel subalgebra of g\mathfrak{g}, n\mathfrak{n} be the nilradical of b\mathfrak{b}, and U(n)U(\mathfrak{n}) be the universal enveloping algebra of n\mathfrak{n}. We study primitive ideals of U(n)U(\mathfrak{n}). Almost all primitive ideals are centrally generated, i.e., are generated by their intersections with the center Z(n)Z(\mathfrak{n}) of U(n)U(\mathfrak{n}). We present an explicit characterization of the centrally generated primitive ideals of U(n)U(\mathfrak{n}) in terms of the Dixmier map and the Kostant cascade in the case when g\mathfrak{g} is a simple algebra of exceptional type. (For classical simple Lie algebras, a similar characterization was obtained by Ivan Penkov and the first author.) As a corollary, we establish a classification of centrally generated primitive ideals of U(n)U(\mathfrak{n}) for an arbitrary semisimple algebra g\mathfrak{g}.

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@article{arxiv.1907.04219,
  title  = {Centrally generated primitive ideals of $U(\mathfrak{n})$ for exceptional types},
  author = {Mikhail V. Ignatyev and Aleksandr A. Shevchenko},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1907.04219},
  year   = {2020}
}

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49 pages. arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1709.09543

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