Generators of supersymmetric polynomials in positive characteristic (Q420667)

The algebra of polynomial invariants of the adjoint action of the supergroup \(G(m| n)\) on the Lie superalgebra \(gl(m| n)\) over an algebraically closed field \(K\) of characteristic 0 was described in [\textit{I. Kantor} and \textit{I. Trishin}, Commun. Algebra 25, No. 7, 2039--2070 (1997; Zbl 0889.17001)]. This algebra is not finitely generated and is isomorphic to the algebra \(A_s\) of supersymmetric polynomials investigated earlier in [\textit{J. R. Stembridge}, J. Algebra 95, 439--444 (1985; Zbl 0573.17004)]. The latter is a subalgebra of the polynomial algebra \(K[x_1,\dots,x_m,y_1,\dots,y_n]\) and is generated by \(I_k=\sum_{i=1}^mx_i^k-\sum_{j=1}^ny_j^k\), \(k=0,1,2,\dots\). The case of positive characteristic \(p>2\) of the ground field \(K\) has been recently investigated in [\textit{R. La Scala} and \textit{A. N. Zubkov}, Algebr. Represent. Theory 15, No. 5, 883--899 (2012; Zbl 1271.20059)]. In the paper under review the authors extend the latter work and give a complete description of generators of polynomial invariants of the adjoint action of \(\mathrm{GL}(m| n)\) and generators of \(A_s\). On the contrary to the case of characteristic 0, it has turned out that these algebras are finitely generated when the field \(K\) is of odd characteristic.