Simple \(\mathfrak{sl} (V)\)-modules which are free over an abelian subalgebra (Q6073702)

A number of mathematicians have studied \(\mathfrak{g}\)-modules whose restriction to certain \(\mathfrak{g}\)-subalgebras are free. For example, when \(\mathfrak{g}\) is a simple complex finite-dimensional Lie algebra, the set of modules which are free of rank \(1\) when restricted to the universal enveloping algebra of a Cartan subalgebra were classified. Corresponding and related results were also obtained for a multitude of other Lie algebras such as the Witt- and Virasoro-algebras, the Heisenberg-Virasoro algebra, Schrödinger algebras, and for basic Lie superalgebras. A common theme is that they are free when restricted to some commutative \(\mathfrak{g}\)-subalgebra, often involving a Cartan subalgebra and central elements of \(\mathfrak{g}\). Let \(\mathfrak{p}\) be a parabolic subalgebra of \(\mathfrak{sl}(V)\) of maximal dimension and let \(\mathfrak{n} \subset \mathfrak{p}\) be the corresponding nilradical. J. Nilsson classifies the set of \(\mathfrak{sl}(V)\)-modules whose restriction to \(U(\mathfrak{n})\) is free of rank \(1\). It turns out that isomorphism classes of such modules are parametrized by polynomials in \(\dim V - 1\) variables. The author determines the submodule structure for these modules and shows that they generically are simple.