Simple modules for the restricted Cartan type Lie algebras (Q865029)

Let \(L\) be a restricted Lie algebra of Cartan type over an algebraically closed field \(F\) of characteristic \(p\geq 3\). Let \(L = \sum_i L_i\) be the standard grading of \(L\) and put \(L^i=\sum_{j\geq i} L_j\). The height of a character \(\chi\) of \(L\) is defined as \(\text{ht}(\chi):= \min\{i\geq -1 | \chi(L^i)=0\}\). One says the \(\chi\) is homogeneous if there exists \(j>0\) such that \(\chi(L_j)\neq 0\) and \(\chi(L_i)=0\) for every \(i\geq 0\) with \(i\neq j\). In the present paper the authors deal with homogeneous characters of height greater then one. In the main results, they give conditions on \(L\) and \(\chi\) in order that for every \(u(L^0, \chi |_{L^0})\)-module \(M\), the induced module \(u(L, \chi)\otimes_ {u(L^0,\chi |_{L^0})} M\) is simple. For the restricted Witt algebra \(W:=W(n,1)\), \(n>1\), they find conditions on homogeneous characters \(\chi\) such that there exist exactly \(p^{n-1}\) simple \(u(W,\chi)\)-modules which are all induced by simple \(u(W^0,\chi |_{W^0})\)-modules. The dimension of these simple modules is also determined.