Simple Lie color algebras of Witt type (Q1273403)

For \(K\) a fixed field and \(\Gamma\) a multiplicative group let \(\varepsilon:\Gamma\times\Gamma\to K^\bullet\) be a bicharacter. Let \(A\) be a \(\Gamma\)-graded associative \(K\)-algebra that is commutative with respect to \(\varepsilon\) and let \(\Delta\) be a nonzero \(\Gamma\)-graded, \(K\)-vector space of color derivations of \(A\) which is also color commutative with respect to \(\varepsilon\). There is a natural definition that makes \(A\otimes_K\Delta\) a Lie color algebra. The author obtains necessary and sufficient conditions for this Lie color algebra to be simple.