Braided symmetric and exterior algebras and quantizations of braided lie algebras

We study quantizations of braided symmetric and exterior algebras of graded vector spaces and of braided derivations on these algebras. We find quantizations of braided Lie algebras by considering quantizations of derivations on their braided exterior algebra. The text was submitted by the author in English.     

Restricted Lie algebras all whose elements are semisimple

People studied the properties and structures of restricted Lie algebras all whose elements are semisimple. It is the main objective of this paper to continue the investigation in order to obtain deeper structure theorems. We obtain some sufficient conditions for the commutativity of restricted Lie algebras, generalize some results of R. Farnsteiner and characterize some properties of a finite-dimensional semisimple restricted Lie algebra all whose elements are semisimple. Moreover, we show that a centralsimple restricted Lie algebra all whose elements are semisimple over a field of characteristic p > 7 is a form of a classical Lie algebra.     

R-matrix Poisson algebras and their deformations

We classify in this paper Poisson structures on modules over semisimple Lie algebras arising from classical r-matrices. We then study their quantizations and the relation to classical invariant theory.     

L'homologie cyclique des algèbres enveloppantes

Summary For any Lie algebra g, we compute the Hochschild and cyclic homology groups of its enveloping algebra in terms of the canonical Lie-Poisson structure on the dual g^*. We also discuss the collapsing of Connes spectral sequence for cyclic homology, particularly in the case of semisimple Lie algebras.     

Exponentiation of infinite dimensional Z-graded lie algebras

In this article we give a new technique for exponentiating infinite dimensional graded representations of graded Lie algebras that allows for the exponentiation of some non-locally nilpotent elements. Our technique is to naturally extend the representation of the Lie algebra g on the space V naturally to a representation on a subspace £ of the dual space V ^*. After introducing the technique, we prove that it enables the exponentiation of all elements of free Lie Algebras and afhne Kac-Moody Lie algebras.     

Strongly Flat and PO-Flat S-Posets

Abstract

The main purpose of this paper is to study Lie algebras L such that if a subalgebra U of L has a maximal subalgebra of dimension one then every maximal subalgebra of U has dimension one. Such an L is called lm(0)-algebra. This class of Lie algebras emerges when it is imposed on the lattice of subalgebras of a Lie algebra the condition that every atom is lower modular. We see that the effect of that condition is highly sensitive to the ground field F. If F is algebraically closed, then every Lie algebra is lm(0). By contrast, for every algebraically non-closed field there exist simple Lie algebras which are not lm(0). For the real field, the semisimple lm(0)-algebras are just the Lie algebras whose Killing form is negative-definite. Also, we study when the simple Lie algebras having a maximal subalgebra of codimension one are lm(0), provided that char(F) ≠ 2. Moreover, lm(0)-algebras lead us to consider certain other classes of Lie algebras and the largest ideal of an arbitrary Lie algebra L on which the action of every element of L is split, which might have some interest by themselves.     

On the codimension growth of almost nilpotent Lie algebras

We study codimension growth of infinite dimensional Lie algebras over a field of characteristic zero. We prove that if a Lie algebra L is an extension of a nilpotent algebra by a finite dimensional semisimple algebra then the PI-exponent of L exists and is a positive integer.     

Group C-Rings and Weak Group Algebra Galois Coextensions

Abstract

We use the classification of finite order automorphisms by Kac to characterize all maximal subalgebras, regular, semisimple, reductive or not of a simple complex Lie algebra (up to conjugacy) that we can determine from its Dynkin diagram. Using Barnea et al. [Barnea, Y., Shalev, A., Zelmanov, E. I. (1998). Graded subalgebras of affine Kac–Moody algebras. Israel J. Math. 104:321–334] we extend our results to the case of affine Kac–Moody algebras. We also point out some inaccuracies in the Dynkin paper [Dynkin, E. B. (1957a). Semisimple subalgebras of semisimple Lie algebras. Amer. Math. Soc. Transl t. 6:111–244].     

Simple and Nearly Simple Deep Matrix Algebras

Deep matrix algebras were originally created by Cuntz (Comm. Math. Phys. 57:173–185, 1977) and McCrimmon (2006). Further study of the associative case was done by the author in Kennedy (2004) and Kennedy (Algebr. Represent. Theory 9:525–537, 2006). In this paper, the associative algebra DM(X,\mathbbK){\mathcal{DM}}(X,{\mathbb{K}}) based on a set X over a field \mathbbK{\mathbb{K}} and various of its subalgebras are studied for the purpose of determining the structure of the associated Lie algebra \mathfrakgld(X,\mathbbK){\mathfrak{gld}}(X,{\mathbb{K}}) and its subalgebras. Several key examples of deep matrix Lie algebras are constructed. These are shown to be either simple or nearly simple depending on the cardinality of the set X. Cartan subalgebras are constructed and two of the key Lie algebras are then decomposed with respect to the adjoint action of these subalgebras. In the process, an infinite dimensional analogue to \mathfraksl₂(\mathbbK)\mathfrak{sl}_2({\mathbb{K}}) is naturally realized as a key subalgebra in deep matrix Lie algebras.     

Maschke’s theorem for smash products of quasitriangular weak Hopf algebras

The paper is concerned with the semisimplicity of smash products of quasitriangular weak Hopf algebras. Let (H,R) be a finite dimensional quasitriangular weak Hopf algebra over a field k and A any semisimple and quantum commutative weak H-module algebra. Based on the work of Nikshych et al. (Topol. Appl. 127(1–2):91–123, 2003), we give Maschke’s theorem for smash products of quasitriangular weak Hopf algebras, stating that A#H is semisimple if and only if A is a projective left A#H-module, which extends the Theorem 3.2 given in Yang and Wang (Commun. Algebra 27(3):1165–1170, 1999).     

Finite vs affine W-algebras

In Section 1 we review various equivalent definitions of a vertex algebra V. The main novelty here is the definition in terms of an indefinite integral of the λ-bracket. In Section 2 we construct, in the most general framework, the Zhu algebra Zhu_ΓV, an associative algebra which “controls” Γ-twisted representations of the vertex algebra V with a given Hamiltonian operator H. An important special case of this construction is the H-twisted Zhu algebra Zhu_H V. In Section 3 we review the theory of non-linear Lie conformal algebras (respectively non-linear Lie algebras). Their universal enveloping vertex algebras (resp. universal enveloping algebras) form an important class of freely generated vertex algebras (resp. PBW generated associative algebras). We also introduce the H-twisted Zhu non-linear Lie algebra Zhu_H R of a non-linear Lie conformal algebra R and we show that its universal enveloping algebra is isomorphic to the H-twisted Zhu algebra of the universal enveloping vertex algebra of R. After a discussion of the necessary cohomological material in Section 4, we review in Section 5 the construction and basic properties of affine and finite W-algebras, obtained by the method of quantum Hamiltonian reduction. Those are some of the most intensively studied examples of freely generated vertex algebras and PBW generated associative algebras. Applying the machinery developed in Sections 3 and 4, we then show that the H-twisted Zhu algebra of an affine W-algebra is isomorphic to the finite W-algebra, attached to the same data. In Section 6 we define the Zhu algebra of a Poisson vertex algebra, and we discuss quasiclassical limits. In the Appendix, the equivalence of three definitions of a finite W-algebra is established. “I am an old man, and I know that a definition cannot be so complicated.” I.M. Gelfand (after a talk on vertex algebras in his Rutgers seminar)     

Lusztig isomorphisms for Drinfel'd doubles of bosonizations of Nichols algebras of diagonal type

In the structure theory of quantized enveloping algebras, the algebra isomorphisms determined by Lusztig led to the first general construction of PBW bases of these algebras. Also, they have important applications to the representation theory of these and related algebras. In the present paper the Drinfel'd double for a class of graded Hopf algebras is investigated. Various quantum algebras, including small quantum groups and multiparameter quantizations of semisimple Lie algebras and of Lie superalgebras, are covered by the given definition. For these Drinfel'd doubles Lusztig maps are defined. It is shown that these maps induce isomorphisms between doubles of bosonizations of Nichols algebras of diagonal type. Further, the obtained isomorphisms satisfy Coxeter type relations in a generalized sense. As an application, the Lusztig isomorphisms are used to give a characterization of Nichols algebras of diagonal type with finite root system.     

Cotangent bundles of 4-dimensional hypercomplex Lie groups

 We study geometrical structures on the cotangent bundle T ^* G of a Lie group G which are left-invariant with respect to the Lie group structure on T ^* G determined by a left-invariant affine structure ∇ on G. In particular, we investigate the existence of conformally hyper-K?hler metrics and hyper-K?hler with torsion (HKT) structures on the cotangent bundle of hypercomplex 4-dimensional Lie groups. By applying In?nü-Wigner contractions to compact semisimple Lie algebras we obtain non semisimple Lie algebras endowed with invariant HKT structures. Received: 4 February 2002 / Revised version: 20 August 2002 Research partially supported by MURST and GNSAGA (Indam) of Italy Mathematics Subject Classification (2000): 53C26, 22E25     

Derivation Simple Color Algebras and Semisimple Lie Color Algebras

Let K be an algebraically closed field of arbitrary characteristic and Γ an abelian multiplicative group equipped with a bicharacter ε: Γ × Γ → K*. It is proved that, for any finite-dimensional derivation simple color algebra A over K, there exists a simple color algebra S and a color vector space V such that A? S? S^ε(V), where S^ε(V) is the ε-symmetric algebra of V. As an application of this result, a necessary and sufficient condition such that a Lie color algebra is semisimple is obtained.     

A categorical approach to Weyl modules

Global and local Weyl modules were introduced via generators and relations in the context of affine Lie algebras in [CP2] and were motivated by representations of quantum affine algebras. In [FL] a more general case was considered by replacing the polynomial ring with the coordinate ring of an algebraic variety and partial results analogous to those in [CP2] were obtained. In this paper we show that there is a natural definition of the local and global Weyl modules via homological properties. This characterization allows us to define the Weyl functor from the category of left modules of a commutative algebra to the category of modules for a simple Lie algebra. As an application we are able to understand the relationships of these functors to tensor products, generalizing results in [CP2] and [FL]. We also analyze the fundamental Weyl modules and show that, unlike the case of the affine Lie algebras, the Weyl functors need not be left exact.     

A specialization of prinjective Ringel-Hall algebra and the associated Lie algebra

In the present paper we describe a specialization of prinjective Ringel-Hall algebra to 1, for prinjective modules over incidence algebras of posets of finite prinjective type, by generators and relations. This gives us a generalisation of Serre relations for semisimple Lie algebras. Connections of prinjective Ringel-Hall algebras with classical Lie algebras are also discussed.     

Construction of vertex operator algebras from commutative associative algebras

Given a commutative associative algebra A with an associative form (’), we construct a vertex operator algebra V with the weight two space V₂;? A If in addition the form (’) is nondegenerate, we show that there is a simple vertex operator algebra with V₂;? A We also show that if A is semisimple, then the vertex operator algebra constructed is the tensor products of a certain number of Virasoro vertex operator algebras.     

INTERSECTION COHOMOLOGY AND LIE ALGEBRA HOMOLOGY

For a semisimple algebraic group G over C, we try to make a comparative study between intersection cohomology of Schubert varieties and Lie algebra homology of certain nilpotent Lie algebras. We prove that when all simple factors of G are simply laced, these two are the same as vector spaces over C at the first homology level. We give counter-examples in the general case and state a conjecture as a possible direction for generalisation.