Submodule structures of \mathbb C[s,t] over W(0,b) and a new class of irreducible modules over the Virasoro algebra

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Authors Jianzhi Han, Yucai Su

Publication date 24 August 2017

Abstract: For any $a,binmathbbC$, $W(a,b)$ is the Lie algebra with basis $L_m,M_m,|,minmathbbZ$ and relations $[L_m,L_n]=(n-m)L_{m+n},$ $[L_m,W_n]=(a+n+bm)W_{m+n}$, $[W_m,W_n]=0$ for $m,ninmathbbZ$. For any $lambdainmathbb{C}^{\ast },$ $alphainmathbbC$, $h:=h(t)inmathbbC[t]$, there exists a non-weight module over $W(0,b)$ (resp., $W(0,1)$), denoted by $Phi(lambda,alpha,h)$ (resp. $Theta(lambda,h)$), which is defined on the space $mathbbC[s,t]$ of polynomials on variables $s,t$ and is free of rank one over the enveloping algebra $U(mathbbC{L}_{0}oplusmathbbC{W}_0)$ of $mathbbC{L}_{0}oplusmathbbC{W}_0$. In the present paper, by introducing two sequences of useful operators on $mathbbC[s,t]$, we determine all submodules of $mathbbC[s,t]$. We also study submodules of $mathbbC[s,t]$ regarded as modules over the Virasoro algebra $mathscrV!$ (with the trivial action of the center), and prove that these submodules are finitely generated if and only if $mdeg,h(t)geq1$. In addition, it is proven that $Phi(lambda,alpha,h)$ is an irreducible $mathscrV!$-module if and only if $b=-1$, $mdeg,h(t)=1$, $alphaeq0$. Finally, we obtain a large family of new irreducible modules over the Virasoro algebra $mathscrV!$, by taking various tensor products of a finite number of irreducible modules $Phi(lambd{a}_i,alph{a}_i,h_i)$ for $lambd{a}_i,alph{a}_{i}inmathbb{C}^{\ast },$ $h_{i}inmathbbC[t]$ with an irreducible $mathscrV!$-module $V$, where $V$ satisfies that there exists a nonnegative integer $R_V$ such that $L_m$ acts locally finitely on $V$ for $mgeq{R}_V$.

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