Relative version of Weyl-Kac character formula (Q911698)

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    Relative version of Weyl-Kac character formula
    scientific article; zbMATH DE number 4142269

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      Relative version of Weyl-Kac character formula (English)
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      Let \({\mathfrak g}\) be a symmetrizable Kac-Moody Lie algebra with Cartan subalgebra H spanned by \(h_ 1,...,h_ l\). Assume that \(\lambda \in H^*\) is an integral weight such that \(\lambda +\rho\) is dominant. Let \(W_{\lambda}\) be the subgroup of the Weyl group generated by the simple reflections \(\{s_ i:\) \(\lambda (h_ i)\geq 0\}\). For \(w\in W_{\lambda}\), the Verma module M(w.\(\lambda)\) is a submodule of the Verma module M(\(\lambda)\). Let K(\(\lambda)\) be the sum of all the M(w.\(\lambda)\), \(e\neq w\in W_{\lambda}\). The author proves that the character of the quotient module is given by the formula \(\sum_{w\in W_{\lambda}}(-1)^{\ell (w)}ch M(w.\lambda).\) This is the relative version of the Weyl-Kac character formula.
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      symmetrizable Kac-Moody Lie algebra
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      Cartan subalgebra
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      integral weight
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      Weyl group
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      Verma module
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      character formula
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