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Annihilators of Irreducible Representations of the Lie Superalgebra of Contact Vector Fields on the Superline

The superline has one even and one odd coordinate. We consider the Lie superalgebra of contact vector fields on the superline. Its tensor density modules are a one-parameter family of deformations of the natural action on the ring of polynomials on the superline. They are parameterized by a complex number, and they are irreducible when this parameter is not zero. In this dissertation, we describe the annihilating ideals of these representations in the universal enveloping algebra of this Lie superalgebra by providing their generators. We also describe the intersection of all such ideals: the annihilator of the direct sum of the tensor density modules. The annihilating ideal of an irreducible non-zero left module is called a primitive ideal, and the space of all such ideals in the universal enveloping algebra is its primitive spectrum. The primitive spectrum is endowed with the Jacobson topology, which induces a topology on the annihilators of the tensor density modules. We conclude our discussion with a description of the annihilators as a topological space.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc2137628
Date05 1900
CreatorsGoode, William M.
ContributorsConley, Charles, Shepler, Anne, Schmidt, Ralf
PublisherUniversity of North Texas
Source SetsUniversity of North Texas
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis or Dissertation
FormatText
RightsPublic, Goode, William M., Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights Reserved.

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