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Publications and source records attributed to Victor Kac.
In this paper we classify degenerate Verma modules over the linearly compact Lie superalgebra $E(4,4)$. This completes the description of Verma modules over the exceptional linearly compact Lie superalgebras. As in the other cases all degenerate modules and morphisms between them give rise to infinite bilateral complexes which may be viewed as a generalization of de Rham complexes.
The theory of admissible modules over symmetrizable anisotropic Kac-Moody superalgebras, introduced by Kac and Wakimoto in late 80's, is a well-developed subject with many applications, including representation theory of vertex algebras. Recently this theory was developed in a more general setup by Gorelik and Serganova. In the present paper we develop in this more general setup the theory of admissible modules over arbitrary symmetrizable Kac-Moody superalgebras.
We study the embeddings of the exceptional infinite-dimensional Lie superalgebra E(1,6) in the exceptional Lie superalgebras E(5,10) and E(4,4). These questions arose in the recent works on enhanced symmetries in some supersymmetric theories by N. Garner, S. Raghavendran, I. Saberi and B. Williams.
We develop the notion of a (pro-) conformal pseudo operad and apply it to the construction of the basic cohomology complex of a vertex algebra. The paper heavily uses the ideas and constructions of the work of Tamarkin [Tam02]
We find all polynomial tau-functions of the n-th reduced BKP hierarchy (=n-th Sawada-Kotera hierarchy). The name comes from the fact that for n=3 the simplest equation of the hierarchy is the famous Sawada-Kotera equation.
This, to a large extent, expository paper, describes the theory of multicomponent hierarchies of evolution equations of XKP type, where X=A, B, C or D, and AKP=KP, and their reductions, associated to the conjugacy classes of the Weyl groups of classical Lie algebras of type X. As usual, the main tool is the multicomponent boson-fermion correspondence, which leads to the corresponding tau-functions, wave functions, dressing operators and Lax operators.
We construct a duality functor in the category of continuous representations of the Lie superalgebra E(4,4), the only exceptional simple linearly compact Lie superalgebra, for which it wasn't known. This is achieved by constructing a Lie conformal superalgebra of type (4,4), for which E(4,4) is the annihilation algebra. Along the way we obtain an explicit realization of E(4,4) by vector fields on a (4|4)-dimensional supermanifold.
The first part of the paper is devoted to two descriptions of all polynomial tau-functions of the KP hierarchy: by a generalized Jacobi-Trudy formula, and a generalized Giambelli formula. We use the latter formula in the second part to obtain all polynomial tau-functions of the CKP hierarchy and its n-reductions. In particular, for n=3 we find all polynomial tau-functions of the Kaup-Kupershmidt hierarchy.
Let $\mathfrak{g}$ be a simple finite dimensional complex Lie algebra and let $\widehat{\mathfrak{g}}$ be the corresponding affine Lie algebra. Kac and Wakimoto observed that in some cases the coefficients in the character formula for a simple highest weight $\widehat{\mathfrak{g}}$-module are either bounded or are given by a linear function of the weight. We explain and generalize this observation using Kazhdan-Lusztig theory, by computing values at $q=1$ of certain (parabolic) affine inverse Kazhdan-Lusztig polynomials. In particular, we obtain explicit character formulas for some $\widehat{\mathfrak{g}}$-modules of negative integer level $k$ when $\mathfrak g$ is of type $D_n$, $E_6$, $E_7$, $E_8$ and $k \geqslant -2, -3, -4, -6$ respectively, as conjectured by Kac and Wakimoto. The calculation relies on the explicit description of the canonical basis in the cell quotient of the anti-spherical module over the affine Hecke algebra corresponding to the subregular cell. We also present an explicit description of the corresponding objects in the derived category of equivariant coherent sheaves on the Springer resolution, they correspond to irreducible objects in the heart of a certain $t$-structure related to the so called non-commutative Springer resolution.
We construct a duality functor on the category of continuous representations of linearly compact Lie superalgebras, using representation theory of Lie conformal superalgebras. We compute the dual representations of the generalized Verma modules.
Given a Lie superalgebra $\frak g$ with a subalgebra $\frak g_{\geq 0}$, and a finite-dimensional irreducible $\frak g_{\geq 0}$-module $F$, the induced $\frak g$-module $M(F)=U({\frak g}) \otimes_{U(\frak g_{\geq 0})} F $ is called a finite Verma module. In the present paper we classify the non-irreducible finite Verma modules over the largest exceptional linearly compact Lie superalgebra ${\frak g}=E(5,10)$ with the subalgebra $\frak g_{\geq 0}$ of minimal codimension. This is done via classification of all singular vectors in the modules $M(F)$. Besides known singular vectors of degree 1,2,3,4 and 5, we discover two new singular vectors, of degrees 7 and 11. We show that the corresponding morphisms of finite Verma modules of degree 1,4,7, and 11 can be arranged in an infinite number of bilateral infinite complexes, which may be viewed as 'exceptional' de Rham complexes for $E(5,10)$.
In a previous paper we constructed all polynomial tau-functions of the 1-component KP hierarchy, namely, we showed that any such tau-function is obtained from a Schur polynomial $s_λ(t)$ by certain shifts of arguments. In the present paper we give a simpler proof of this result, using the (1-component) boson-fermion correspondence. Moreover, we show that this approach can be applied to the s-component KP hierarchy, using the s-component boson-fermion correspondence, finding thereby all its polynomial tau-functions. We also find all polynomial tau-functions for the reduction of the s-component KP hierarchy, associated to any partition consisting of s positive parts.
We construct all polynomial tau-functions of the BKP, DKP and MDKP hierarches.
For a reductive Lie algebra g, its nilpotent element f and its faithful finite dimensional representation, we construct a Lax operator L(z) with coefficients in the quantum finite W-algebra W(g,f). We show that for the classical linear Lie algebras gl_N, sl_N, so_N and sp_N, the operator L(z) satisfies a generalized Yangian identity. The operator L(z) is a quantum finite analogue of the operator of generalized Adler type which we recently introduced in the classical affine setup. As in the latter case, L(z) is obtained as a generalized quasideterminant.
We give 4 formulations of the Modified KP hierarchy and show that they are equivalent. We also discuss the reductions of the MKP hierarchy to the modified $n$-KdV hierarchies. As a byproduct, we find an astonishingly simple explicit description of all polynomial tau-functions of the KP, the MKP and the $n$-KdV hierarchies, and (implicitly) also for the modified $n$-KdV hierarchy.
These lectures were given in Session 1: "Vertex algebras, W-algebras, and applications" of INdAM Intensive research period "Perspectives in Lie Theory" at the Centro di Ricerca Matematica Ennio De Giorgi, Pisa, Italy, December 9, 2014 -- February 28, 2015.
In the paper we consider the problem of computation of characters of relatively integrable irreducible highest weight modules $L$ over finite-dimensional basic Lie superalgebras and over affine Lie superalgebras $\mathfrak{g}$. The problems consists of two parts. First, it is the reduction of the problem to the $\overline{\mathfrak{g}}$-module $F(L)$, where $\overline{\mathfrak{g}}$ is the associated to $L$ integral Lie superalgebra and $F(L)$ is an integrable irreducible highest weight $\overline{\mathfrak{g}}$-module. Second, it is the computation of characters of integrable highest weight modules. There is a general conjecture concerning the first part, which we check in many cases. As for the second part, we prove in many cases the KW-character formula, provided that the KW-condition holds, including almost all finite-dimensional $\mathfrak{g}$-modules when $\mathfrak{g}$ is basic, and all maximally atypical non-critical integrable $\mathfrak{g}$-modules when $\mathfrak{g}$ is affine with non-zero dual Coxeter number.