The Kazhdan-Lusztig conjecture for finite W-algebras

DOI10.1007/BF00750840zbMATH Open0838.17027arXivhep-th/9312016WikidataQ123024088 ScholiaQ123024088MaRDI QIDQ1903514FDOQ1903514

Authors: Koos De Vos, Peter Van Driel 

Publication date: 4 June 1996

Published in: Letters in Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We study the representation theory of finite W-algebras. After introducing parabolic subalgebras to describe the structure of W-algebras, we define the Verma modules and give a conjecture for the Kac determinant. This allows us to find the completely degenerate representations of the finite W-algebras. To extract the irreducible representations we analyse the structure of singular and subsingular vectors, and find that for W-algebras, in general the maximal submodule of a Verma module is not generated by singular vectors only. Surprisingly, the role of the (sub)singular vectors can be encapsulated in terms of a `dual' analogue of the Kazhdan-Lusztig theorem for simple Lie algebras. These involve dual relative Kazhdan-Lusztig polynomials. We support our conjectures with some examples, and briefly discuss applications and the generalisation to infinite W-algebras.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9312016

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zbMATH Keywords

Kazhdan-Lusztig polynomialssingular vectorsVerma modulesfinite \(W\)-algebrasKac determinantdegenerate representationsexplicit character formulainfinite \(W\)-algebrasKazhdan-Lusztig theorem

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Virasoro and related algebras (17B68) Finite-dimensional groups and algebras motivated by physics and their representations (81R05) Infinite-dimensional groups and algebras motivated by physics, including Virasoro, Kac-Moody, (W)-algebras and other current algebras and their representations (81R10) Two-dimensional field theories, conformal field theories, etc. in quantum mechanics (81T40) Representations of Lie and real algebraic groups: algebraic methods (Verma modules, etc.) (22E47)

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