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Minimal prime ideals in enveloping algebras of Lie superalgebras

Author(s): Ellen Kirkman; James Kuzmanovich
Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 124 (1996), 1693-1702.
MSC (1991): Primary 16S30; Secondary 16D30, 17B35, 17A70
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Abstract: Let ${\mathfrak g}$ be a finite dimensional Lie superalgebra over a field of characteristic zero. Let $U({\mathfrak g})$ be the enveloping algebra of ${\mathfrak g}$. We show that when ${\mathfrak g} = b(n)$, then $U({\mathfrak g})$ is not semiprime, but it has a unique minimal prime ideal; it follows then that when ${\mathfrak g}$ is classically simple, $U({\mathfrak g})$ has a unique minimal prime ideal. We further show that when ${\mathfrak g}$ is a finite dimensional nilpotent Lie superalgebra, then $U({\mathfrak g})$ has a unique minimal prime ideal.


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Additional Information:

Ellen Kirkman
Affiliation: Department of Mathematics Wake Forest University Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27109
Email: kirkman@mthcsc.wfu.edu

James Kuzmanovich
Affiliation: Department of Mathematics Wake Forest University Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27109
Email: kuz@mthcsc.wfu.edu

DOI: 10.1090/S0002-9939-96-03230-3
PII: S 0002-9939(96)03230-3
Keywords: Enveloping algebra, Lie superalgebra, minimal prime ideals
Received by editor(s): August 12, 1994
Received by editor(s) in revised form: December 13, 1994
Additional Notes: The first author was supported in part by a grant from the National Security Agency.
Communicated by: Ken Goodearl
Copyright of article: Copyright 1996, American Mathematical Society


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