Supports of weight modules over Witt algebras

Abstract

In this paper, as the first step towards classification of simple weight modules with finite dimensional weight spaces over Witt algebras $W_n$, we explicitly describe supports of such modules. We also obtain some descriptions on the support of an arbitrary simple weight module over a $\Z^n$-graded Lie algebra $\mathfrak{g}$ having a root space decomposition $\oplus_{α\in\Z^n}\mathfrak {g}_α$ with respect to the abelian subalgebra $\mathfrak {g}_0$, with the property $[\mathfrak{g}_α,\mathfrak {g}_β]= \mathfrak {g}_{α+β}$ for all $α,β\in\Z^n$, $α\neq β$ (this class contains the algebra $W_n$).