Enveloping algebras with just infinite Gelfand-Kirillov dimension (Q2210773)

Let \(\mathfrak{g}\) be the Witt algebra or the positive Witt algebra. It is well known that the universal enveloping algebra \(U(\mathfrak{g})\) has intermediate growth and thus infinite Gelfand-Kirillov dimension. The authors prove that the GK-dimension of \(U(g)\) is just infinite in the sense that any proper quotient of \(U(\mathfrak{g})\) has polynomial growth. This proves a conjecture of \textit{A. V. Petukhov} and and the second-named author for the positive Witt algebra [Algebr. Represent. Theory 23, No. 4, 1569--1599 (2020; Zbl 1458.16028)]. The authors also establish the corresponding results for quotients of the symmetric algebra \(S(\mathfrak{g})\) by proper Poisson ideals. Namely, they prove more generally that any central quotient of the universal enveloping algebra of the Virasoro algebra has just infinite GK-dimension. The authors give several applications. In particular, the annihilators of the Verma modules over the Virasoro algebra are computed.