Whittaker modules for Heisenberg algebras and imaginary Whittaker modules for affine Lie algebras (Q958058)

Whittaker modules are certain irreducible representations of finite dimensional complex Lie algebras [\textit{B. Kostant}, Invent. Math. 48, 101--184 (1978; Zbl 0405.22013)]. They are parametrized ideals of the center of the enveloping Lie algebra. In the present paper the author constructs and classifies Whittaker modules for Heisenberg algebras (with a derivation element). As an application he obtains a class of irreducible representations of untwisted affine Lie algebras, induced from Whittaker modules of Heisenberg algebras.