Abstract
In this article, we study the representation of generalized loop planar Galilean conformal algebra ; we will determine the Harish-Chandra modules, Verma modules, Whittaker modules, and -free modules of .
Keywords:
generalized loop planar Galilean conformal algebra; Harish-Chandra modules; Verma modules; Whittaker modules; free U(h)-modules MSC:
17B10; 17B35; 17B65; 17B68
1. Introduction
Galilean conformal algebra has been studied in the non-relativistic limit of the ADS/CFT conjecture [1]. The finite-dimensional Galilean conformal algebra is associated with certain non-semisimple Lie algebra, which is regarded as a non-relativistic analogue of conformal algebras. It was found that the finite Galilean conformal algebra could be given an infinite-dimensional lift for all space-time dimensions (see [1,2,3]). The planar Galilean conformal algebra was first introduced by Bahturin and Gopakumar in reference [1]. In Section 2 of reference [4], the Galilean conformal algebra of finite dimension in the d spatial dimension was introduced. For a given d, Galilean conformal algebra is labelled by a half-integer l. The infinite dimension , is planar Galilean conformal algebra.
The generalized planar Galilean conformal algebra is an infinite-dimensional Lie algebra, which is generated by over , where is an algebraic closed field of characteristic 0, and is a proper additive subgroup of , satisfying the following relations:
for . The center of W is .
The generalized loop planar Galilean conformal algebra is the tensor product of the generalized planar Galilean conformal algebra W with the Laurent polynomial algebra , which is generated by over , subject to the following bracket relations:
where for any , and . We see that the center of W and are all . We have studied the structures of in reference [5].
The representation theory of Lie algebra is important in many infinite dimensional algebras. The properties of modules in Lie algebras are the main topics of the representation theory of Lie algebras. The simple weight modules of the Virasoro algebra have been studied in reference [6]. Mathieu classified all simple Harish-Chandra modules over the Virasoro algebra. Recently, some researchers have investigated the Harish-Chandra modules of many important Lie algebras and Lie super algebras [7,8,9], such as twisted Heisenberg–Virasoro algebra [8], Schrödinger–Virasoro algebra [9] and deformative twisted Schrödinger–Virasoro Lie algebra [9]. In references [10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17], the Verma modules of some Lie algebras and super algebras have been determined. The Verma modules of generalized Virasoro algebras were determined in reference [18]. From reference [12], we know the classification of the Verma modules of the . However, the Harish-Chandra modules and Verma modules of the generalized loop planar Galilean conformal algebra have not been studied; we will solve these problems in this article.
Recently, the non-weight modules of Lie (super)algebras have attracted much attention from mathematicians. In particular, the Whittaker modules and -free modules have been widely studied for many Lie algebras. The Whittaker modules for many other Lie algebras have been investigated, such as in reference [19,20,21,22,23,24,25,26,27]. The Whittaker modules for the affine Lie algebra were determined in reference [24]. The Whittaker modules of super-Virasoro algebras were studied in reference [19]. The notation of -free modules was first introduced by Nilsson [28]. Tan and Zhao showed that any free -modules of rank 1 over the Witt algebra is isomorphism to for some , [29]. Later, -free modules for many infinite-dimensional Lie algebras were determined, for example, for Heisenberg–Virasoro algebras [30], the algebras [31], Loop–Virasoro algebras and Block type algebras [32]. In this paper, we aim to study the free -module over generalized loop planar Galilean conformal algebras.
The representations of the planar Galilean conformal algebra was determined in reference [33]; Gao studied the simple restricted modules over W, including the highest weight modules and Whittaker modules. However, the representations of have not been studied up until now, hence we will study the representations of . The present paper is organized as follows. In Section 2, we will determine the Verma modules of . In Section 3, we will calculate the Harish–Chandra modules of . In Section 4 and Section 5, we will give some conclusions for the Whittaker modules of . In Section 6, we will determine the rank 1 free -modules of . The main results of the paper are stated in Theorems 1, 3–5 and 7.
2. Verma Modules of
First, we fix a total order ≺ on which is compatible with the addition, implies for any [34]. We write if and . Assume that
Then, we have , and has a triangular decomposition
where
The universal enveloping algebra of is given by
Let , is a 1-dimensional vector space over spanned by and . View as a -module, such that , , , for all . Then, is a -module by setting .
Definition 1.
The induced module is called a Verma module of with the highest weight .
Let and be the left ideal of U, which is generated by the elements in for any . We define as the Verma module with the highest weight for , and get a basis of consisting of all vectors of the form
with
where and . (For any , , or and ). If for all , then we call a vector a weight vector with weight .
Lemma 1.
If is a weight module of and , we obtain
which is the weight vector with weight λ.
Proof.
If is the maximal weight vector with a, which satisfies . Then, we have
- So, we have
□
For , we set
where , , , , , , , , with only finite terms .
Definition 2.
We define
where , l is the length of w. We define
If , then .
The following theorem is our main result in this section.
Theorem 1.
(1) The Verma module is an irreducible module if .
(2) If , when , the Verma module contains a unique maximal submodule , which is generated by . If and , is generated by . If and , is generated by . If and , is generated by .
Proof.
(1) Let us assume that is any nonzero weight vector in , the submodule of the weight module is the weight module. We will prove . Suppose
where
with only finite terms .
Case 1: , .
We define
We only prove the case of , and the case of is similar.
Let
Due to , we have . Then, we have
By the definition of , it is easy to know that . Therefore, we obtain
Repeating the process above, we have
Then, we apply to , we have
Repeating the process, we have
Then, we define
We only prove the case of , and the case of is similar.
We apply (or ) to
where
Due to , we have
Since , we have . Repeating the process above, we have .
At last, we apply to . Due to , , we assume that , where . Then, we obtain that
Since , repeating the process, we deduce that
Therefore, . In this case, is irreducible.
Case 2: , (the case of , is similar)
If , we apply to . Using the result in Case 1, we can obtain
Next, applying to , we assume that , where . Then, we have
Since , repeating the process, we have
By the definition of and in case 1, applying to w, we get
Similar with case 1, we deduce that and . Therefore, we have
Repeating the process above, we have
Finally, we apply to , then it is easy prove that . Therefore, if and , is also irreducible.
(2) Case 3: .
If , by the definition of , we know that all the basis elements of except are clearly in . We can show that . For any weight vector , suppose that weight of v is . For any basis element
of , such that , we have
for , which follows that .
If and , then , , which means that is a proper submodule of . Suppose that V is any submodule of , such that , then there exists , , such that . If , and , suppose , we denote , then
Since , we have and . Therefore, is the unique maximal submodule of .
The proof of case of and is similar.
Finally, we can easily prove that if and , is generated by . We have omitted some details. □
3. Harish-Chandra Modules of
Definition 3.
A -module V is called a weight module if V is the sum of all its weight spaces
where . For a weight module V, we define , which is called the weight set of V. An irreducible weight -module V is called the intermediate series module if all its weight spaces are one dimensional. A weight module is called a uniformly bounded module if there exists , such that for all . In addition, if all weight spaces of a weight -module V are finitely dimensional, the module V is called the Harish-Chandra module.
Definition 4.
A weight module -module V is called a highest (resp. lowest) weight module with highest weight (resp. lowest weight) λ, if there exists a nonzero weight vector , such that V is generated by v as -module, and
We define the evaluation module of similarly to that in Section 2 of reference [35] and Section 5 of reference [36].
Definition 5.
A -module V is called a evaluation module, if for any , , , and , we have
Theorem 2.
Theorem 5.7 of reference [36]. If V is an irreducible Harish-Chandra module over , then V is a highest weight or lowest weight module or evaluation module.
Next, we determine the intermediate series modules of . By Definition 3, we know that intermediate series modules are special Harish-Chandra modules, we assume that , where is spanned by . According to the definition of intermediate series modules, we have . We also assume that
for any , , .
Then, we obtain that
Lemma 2.
for any .
Proof.
From what we have discussed above, we obtain the intermediate series modules of as follows:
Theorem 3.
Intermediate series module V over must be one of , , , , , and , or their subquotient module:
For any . .
Proof.
Using Lemma 2, Theorem 3.2 of reference [8] and Theorem 5.1 of reference [7], the result can be checked. □
4. Whittaker Modules of
First, we fix a total order ≺ on which is compatible with an addition. So, implies for any [34]. We write if and . Assume that
Then, we have , we get the triangular decomposition of ,
where
According to the definition of , we deduce that is generated by , where .
Definition 6.
We define a partition u to be non-decreasing to the sequence of positive integers , where , and we also define a pseudopartition λ to be non-decreasing to the sequence of non-negative integers where . Let P represent the set of partitions, and denote the set of pseudopartition. Then, it is obvious that . For , we also write that , where is the number of times of k appears in the pseudopartition and for k sufficiently large. Then, a pseudopartition λ is a partition when . For , , we define
Definition 7.
Let V be a -module and be a Lie algebra homomorphism, a vector is called a Whittaker vector if for any . The module V is said to be a Whittaker module of type φ if it is generated by a Whittaker vector of type φ. The Lie algebra homomorphism φ is called nonsingular, which means that it takes nonzero values on the . The Lie brackets in the definition of force for any , and . We say that acts on V locally and nilpotently if for any there is depending on v, such that for any .
Let , then we have the following result.
Lemma 3.
Lemma 3.1 of reference [38] and Lemma 2.1 of reference [39]. Let V be a Whittaker -module of type φ. Suppose that acts locally and nilpotently on . Then, the following statements hold.
- (i)
- acts locally and nilpotently on V. In particular, acts locally and nilpotently on V for any .
- (ii)
- All Whittaker vectors in V are of type φ.
- (iii)
- Any nonzero submodule of V contains a Whittaker vector of type φ.
- (iv)
- If the vector space of Whittaker vectors of V is one-dimensional, then V is simple.
Definition 8.
The Lie algebra homomorphism is called nonsingular if for any .
Definition 9.
For a Lie algebra homomorphism , we define to be a one-dimensional -module given by for and . Then, we have an induced -module , which satisfies
Let , using the PBW theorem, has a basis . Then, has the universal property in the sense that for any Whittaker module V of type ψ generated by , there is a surjective homomorphism such that (). Hence, we call the universal Whittaker module of type ψ.
For any (), we define
and .
For any , , , we have
In particular, we have
where .
Lemma 4.
For , , , , we have the following results:
- (1)
- maxdeg.
- (2)
- Suppose that and is the minimal, such that or , then we havewhere , , , for all . If , we have maxdeg. If , we have , maxdeg, max.
Proof.
(1)
where
Since when , we can get
(2) We denote
where , .
We have
We see that all have no relations with coefficients. On the other hand, if , , we have for any .
Therefore, we use p replace and assume that , .
Then, we have and . By calculating this, we have
Similarly, we obtain
So, we deduce that
According to the assumption of k, we know that and , and we can deduce that
and , which means that and ,
where , . □
Lemma 5.
For , , , , , we have the following results:
- (1)
- maxdeg.
- (2)
- We can getwhere , , , for all . If , we have maxdeg. If , we have , maxdeg, max.
Proof.
The proof is similar to that of Lemma (4). □
Lemma 6.
For , , , , , we have the following results:
- (1)
- maxdeg.
- (2)
- If for all , then we get
- (3)
- If for all , for all and or , then we havewhere , , , , for all .
Proof.
- (1)
- We havewhere . Since for , we can get
- (2)
- If , then .If , then .
- (3)
- We denote and . Then, we have
According to the assumption of k, we know that , , , and we obtain the following conclusions:
□
Lemma 7.
For , , , , , we have the following results:
- (1)
- maxdeg.
- (2)
- If for all , then we can get
- (3)
- If for all , for all and or , then we havewhere , , , , for all .
Proof.
The proof is similar to that of Lemma (6). □
Theorem 4.
Suppose and (), . Then, is a Whittaker vector if and only if for some ().
Proof.
and define that
Assume that .
Case 1: k satisfies or for some .
We have
For the first term on the right hand side of (10), using Lemma 4(1), we know that its degree is strictly smaller than . For the second term on the right hand side of (10), note that for , we have
Thus, its degree is also strictly smaller than . Now, using Lemma 4(2) to the third term on the right hand side of (10), we know that it is of the following form:
If , then we have , , , , . Thus, the degree of the third term is equal to , this proves . Similarly, we deduce that by Lemma 5.
Case 2: k satisfies for any and or for some .
We have
By using Lemma 6(1) to the first term on the right hand side of (11), and using Lemma 6(2) and (3) to the second and third term, respectively, we have
where , , for all and , . Thus, we can deduce that . Similarly, we can deduce that by Lemma 7.
Case 3: .
Let , where . We have
We denote the five terms on the last equation by , respectively. We denote , . Note that , . We have when ,
So, we have
and
where , . Thus, we have by Lemma 7.
Case 4: There exists some for which . Denote
Note that for those satisfy and . Thus, we have
We apply to both sides of the last equation, the remaining proof is similar to that of Case 3.
Finally, note that the set
forms a basis of . □
5. Some Properties for the Whittaker Modules of
In this section, the Lie algebra homomorphism is assumed to be non-singular, which and (), is an algebra homomorphism and a Whittaker module V of type . We may regard V as a module by restriction. Define a modification of by setting for and . Then, it is clear that V is a module under the dot action; we also have for any , and .
Lemma 8.
Let .
- (1)
- For , , we have
- (2)
- Suppose V is a Whittaker module for , let . Regarding V as a -module under the dot action, then is a finite dimensional submodule of V.
Proof.
(1) The case of is obvious. Now, we prove the case of by induction. We only prove that , the case of is similar.
Assume that . Then
where , for all . Therefore, we have
For the first term on the right hand side of (12), we only take , and the case of , , is similar.
If , which is obvious that
has the desired form.
If , then we have
By assumption, we deduce that also has the desired form.
For the second term on the right hand side of (12), by the induction hypothesis, we have
Thus has the desired form since and
.
The proof of (2) is a direct result of (1). □
Theorem 5.
Let be a Lie algebra homomorphism of nonsingular type, then the Whittaker -module is simple.
Proof.
This follows from Lemma 3(iv) and Theorem 4. □
6. Rank 1 Free -Modules of
In this section, we will determine free -modules over the generalized loop planar Galilean conformal algebra , where is the canonical Cartan subalgebra of . Similarly to Theorem 2.4 of reference [32], we have the following result.
Theorem 6.
We assume that ℵ is generalized loop-Virasoro algebra. Let M be a -module, such that the restriction of to is free of rank 1. Then, for some , . Moreover, M is simple if and only if .
Definition 10.
For any , , , , we denote by , the polynomial algebra. We define the -module structure on as follows
where .
Lemma 9.
For any and , is an -module.
Proof.
It is easy to check this conclusion using (13). □
Lemma 10.
For any and , the following formulas hold:
Proof.
According to Definition 13, it is easy to check that
Then, the lemma can be proven by an induction on j. □
Lemma 11.
Let Q is a free -module of rank 1 over the algebra . For any and , we assume that
which , then completely determine the action of on Q.
Proof.
Now, we take any . Then, using Lemma 4, we have
Similarly, we prove that
□
Lemma 12.
For all and , we have , and .
Proof.
We only prove , and the case of is similar. Now, we assume that , which , and . Now, we calculate as follows
Therefore, we have , which means that . If , it is nonsense for if m is negative, which forces . Hence, for any and . We obtain . Similarly, by and , we obtain and for all and . □
Lemma 13.
We have for all and .
Proof.
By the definition of the loop Virasoro module , we have
Now, we consider the action of ’s, ’s, ’s. Similar to Proposition 2.3 of reference [32], we assume that
Using Lemma 7, we calculate as follows
Taking in (18), we have
and
Using (19) and (20), we deduce that for all and . Similarly, using and , we obtain . □
From what we have discussed above, we have obtained the main result of this section:
Theorem 7.
Let Q be a -module, such that the restriction of to is free of rank 1. Then, for some , . Moreover, Q is simple if and only if .
Proof.
We prove this theorem using Lemmas 9–13. □
Author Contributions
Conceptualization, Y.Y.; methodology, Y.Y.; software, Y.Y.; validation, Y.Y.; formal analysis, Y.Y. and X.W.; resources, Y.Y. and X.W.; writing—original draft, Y.Y.; writing—review and editing, Y.Y. and X.W. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.
Funding
This research received no external funding.
Data Availability Statement
Not applicable.
Conflicts of Interest
The authors declare no conflict of interest.
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