Traces on finite W-algebras

DOI10.1007/S00031-010-9103-8MaRDI QIDQ626570zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Travis Schedler, Pavel Etingof

Publication date 18 February 2011

Published in Transformation Groups (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1004.4634

zbMATH Keywords

classical \(\mathcal W\)-algebrascohomologyPoisson-de Rham homologyquantum \(\mathcal W\)-algebrasSpringer fiber

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Simple, semisimple, reductive (super)algebras (17B20) Cohomology of Lie (super)algebras (17B56) Poisson algebras (17B63) Sheaves of differential operators and their modules, (D)-modules (32C38)

Abstract: We compute the space of Poisson traces on a classical W-algebra modulo an arbitrary central character, i.e., linear functionals on such an algebra invariant under Hamiltonian derivations. This space identifies with the top cohomology of the corresponding Springer fiber. As a consequence, we deduce that the zeroth Hochschild homology of the corresponding quantum W-algebra modulo a central character identifies with the top cohomology of the corresponding Springer fiber. This implies that the number of irreducible finite-dimensional representations of this algebra is bounded by the dimension of this top cohomology, which was established earlier by C. Dodd using reduction to positive characteristic. Finally, we prove that the entire cohomology of the Springer fiber identifies with the so-called Poisson-de Rham homology (defined previously by the authors) of the classical W-algebra modulo a central character.

Review text

Let \(A\) be a Poisson algebra. The zeroth Poisson homology, \(HP_0(A)\) equals \(A/\{ A, A\}\). Its dual is the space of Poisson traces. In the paper for a simple Lie algebra \(\mathfrak g\) over \(\mathbb C\) and for a nilpotent element \(e\in \mathfrak g\) the finite \(\mathcal W\)-algebra \(\mathcal {W}_e\) and its reduction \(\mathcal {W}_e^{\eta}\) modulo a central character \(\eta \) are constructed. The substitution \(U(\mathfrak {g})\) for \(\text{Sym}\,\mathfrak{g}\) in the construction of \(\mathcal {W}_e\) and \(\mathcal {W}_e^{\eta}\) yields the quantum \(\mathcal W\)-algebras \(\mathcal {W}_e^q\) and \(\mathcal {W}_e^{q, \eta}\). In the paper it is proved that \(HP_0(\mathcal {W}_e^{\eta})\) and zeroth Hochschild homology \(HH_0(\mathcal {W}_e^{q, \eta})\) are isomorphic to the top cohomology of the Springer fiber over \(e\). It gives the upper bound for the number of distinct irreducible finite-dimensional representations of \(\mathcal {W}_e^{q, \eta}\) (established earlier by C. Dodd). Moreover, in the paper the isomorphisms between Poisson-de Rham homology \(HP_i^{DR}(\mathcal {W}_e^{\eta})\), Hochschild homology \(HH_i(\mathcal {W}_e^{q, \eta})\) and corresponding cohomology of the Springer fiber are established.

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