Novikov-Poisson algebras (Q1355600)

A Novikov algebra \(A\) is a vector space with an operation \(\circ \) satisfying the identities \[ (x\circ y)\circ z=(x\circ z)\circ y, \] \[ (x\circ y)\circ z - x\circ (y\circ z)=(y\circ x)\circ z - y\circ (x\circ z). \] A Novikov-Poisson algebra is a vector space \(A\) with two operations ``\(\cdot,\;\circ\)'' such that \((A,\cdot)\) forms a commutative associative algebra (not necessary unital) and \((A,\circ)\) forms a Novikov algebra for which \[ (x\cdot y)\circ z=x\cdot (y\circ z),\;\;(x\circ y)\cdot z - x\circ (y\cdot z) = (y\circ x)\cdot z - y\circ (x\cdot z). \] Novikov algebras were introduced in \textit{A. A. Balinskij} and \textit{S. P. Novikov} [Sov. Math., Dokl. 32, No. 1, 228-231 (1985; Zbl 0606.58018)] in connection with the Poisson brackets of hydrodynamical type. Novikov-Poisson algebras were introduced by the author [\textit{X. Xu}, J. Algebra 185, 905-934 (1996; Zbl 0863.17003)] in order to establish a tensor theory of Novikov algebras. All the known simple Novikov algebras have had nonzero idempotent elements. The author constructs the first class of simple Novikov algebras without idempotent elements, using a modification of the Filippov construction of simple Novikov algebras [\textit{V. T. Filippov}, Mat. Zametki 45, 101-105 (1989; Zbl 0659.17003)], based on a certain associative commutative algebra with a derivation. Further, he classifies finite-dimensional Novikov-Poisson algebras of characteristic \(p>2\) whose Novikov algebras are simple. In the characteristic 0 case, Novikov-Poisson algebras whose Novikov algebras are simple with an idempotent element are also classified. Finally, the author proves that a family of Novikov-Poisson algebras induces a new family of infinite-dimensional simple Lie superalgebras, which are natural analogues of the quotient algebra of the super-Virasoro algebra over its one-dimensional center.