Primitive localizations of an enveloping algebra
type: Item
instance of: scholarly article
title: Primitive localizations of an enveloping algebra
zbMATH Open document ID: 0701.17005
DOI: 10.1016/0021-8693(90)90085-3
author: Alfons I. Ooms
author: P. Wauters
author: L. Delvaux
author: Erna Nauwelaerts
published in: Journal of Algebra
publication date: 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z
review text: Let L be a nonzero finite-dimensional Lie algebra over a field of characteristic zero, and U(L) its universal enveloping algebra with skew field of fractions D(L). The subspace of U(L), D(L) spanned by eigenvectors with respect to the action of ad L is called the semicenter, written Sz(U(L)), Sz(D(L)) respectively. These are graded algebras, the homogeneous elements being the semiinvariants, with grading semigroup \(\Lambda\) (L) consisting of the weights. Let \(\Lambda^ u(L)\) be the subgroup of units, i.e. weights \(\lambda\) such that -\(\lambda\) is also a weight, and \(Sz^ u(U(L))\) the corresponding subalgebra. The authors show that \(Sz^ u(U(L))\) is a unique factorization domain (UFD) but give an example to show that the center Z(U(L)) need not be a UFD. Further they prove the following conditions to be equivalent: (a) every non-zero ideal of U(L) meets the center of U(L) non-trivially, (b) \(\Lambda^ u(L)=\Lambda (L)\), (c) the localization of U(L) at its center is a simple ring. The rest of the paper is a study of Z(U(L)) and Sz(U(L)), and of conditions for the localization of U(L) at its center to be primitive. Thus if T is a saturated multiplicaive set of invariants generating the center of D(L) (as field), then the subalgebra A of Sz(U(L)) generated by T is a UFD and Sz(U(L)) can be expressed as polynomial ring in a finite number of semiinvariants over A. The central localization of U(L) (for a non-abelian L) is primitive precisely when the center of D(L) is the field of fractions of the center of U(L); the authors also obtain conditions for the localization of U(L) at U(Z(L)) (the universal enveloping algebra of the center of L) to be primitive.
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 17B35
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 16U30
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 16S30
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 16D60
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 16U20
zbMATH DE Number: 4148366
zbMATH Keywords: universal enveloping algebra
zbMATH Keywords: semicenter
zbMATH Keywords: graded algebras
zbMATH Keywords: semiinvariants
zbMATH Keywords: weights
zbMATH Keywords: unique factorization domain
zbMATH Keywords: localization
zbMATH Keywords: primitive
reviewed by: Paul M. Cohn
MaRDI profile type: MaRDI publication profile
full work available at URL: 0021-8693(90)90085-3
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