The Shapovalov Determinant for the Poisson Superalgebras

Abstract

Among simple ?-graded Lie superalgebras of polynomial growth, there are several which have no Cartan matrix but, nevertheless, have a quadratic even Casimir element C ₂: these are the Lie superalgebra of vector fields on the (1|6)-dimensional supercircle preserving the contact form, and the series: the finite dimensional Lie superalgebra of special Hamiltonian fields in 2k odd indeterminates, and the Kac–Moody version of . Using C ₂ we compute N. Shapovalov determinant for and , and for the Poisson superalgebras associated with . A. Shapovalov described irreducible finite dimensional representations of and ; we generalize his result for Verma modules: give criteria for irreducibility of the Verma modules over and