Standard Representations of Simple Lie Algebras
- 1 January 1968
- journal article
- Published by Canadian Mathematical Society in Canadian Journal of Mathematics
- Vol. 20, 344-361
- https://doi.org/10.4153/cjm-1968-031-5
Abstract
Let L be any simple finite-dimensional Lie algebra (defined over the field K of complex numbers). Cartan's theory of weights is used to define sets of (algebraic) representations of L that can be characterized in terms of left ideals of the universal enveloping algebra of L. These representations, called standard, generalize irreducible representations that possess a dominant weight. The newly obtained representations are all infinite-dimensional. Their study is initiated here by obtaining a partial solution to the problem of characterizing them by means of sequences of elements in K.Keywords
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