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What are the simple Lie superalgebras of type E?

Background Simple finite dimensional Lie superalgebras over $\Bbb C$ have been classified. There are the Cartan type superalgebras (algebras of purely odd vector fields), two stra …
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Definition of the supertrace in superalgebra representations

Let us consider a matrix superalgebra $A$ with generators satisfying $[L_a,L_b]=i L_c f^c{}_{ab}.$ The generators are matrices on which supertrace is defined bu the usual trace on …
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Lie superalgebra in two dimensions

The standard formulation of two dimensional $N=(2,2)$ and $N=(0,2)$ supersymmetry algebras in physics is an explicit one; I am not aware of the underlying abstract Lie superalgebr …
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Finite dimensional consistently graded Lie superalgebras of depth greater than 2

Victor Kac, in the paper "Classification of infinite-dimensional simple linearly compact Lie superalgebras", http://www.mat.univie.ac.at/~esiprpr/esi605.pdf writes at the begin …
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Is the SUSY Algebra isomorphic for all Kahler Manifolds?

For a Kahler manifolds, the graded algebra generated by $\partial,\overline{\partial},\partial^*,\overline{\partial}^\ast$, the Lefschetz operator, and the dual Lefschetz operator, …
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I don’t get a part of Bernstein’s / Deligne-Morgan’s proof of Poincaré-Birkhoff-Witt

Question: I am talking about the proof given on pages 50-52 of Pierre Deligne, Pavel Etingof, Daniel S. Freed, Lisa C. Jeffrey, David Kazhdan, John W. Morgan, David R. Morrison, an …
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Is there a definition of analogue Weyl group for Lie super algebra?

I heard from some people working in Lie super algebra that there was no proper definition for Weyl group of Lie super algebra. I do not know Lie super algebra at all. But When I se …
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Do all finite $W$-superalgebras have 1-dimensional representations?

Premet proved the famous KW-conjecture in modular Lie algebra. After, Premet introduced the finite $W$-algebra $U(g, e)$. Also, Premet proposed the conjecture every algebra $U(g, …
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Is there much theory of superalgebras acting on manifolds by alternating polyvector fields?

Usual story: vector fields on $M$, with their Lie bracket, form a Lie algebra. We can consider "actions" of some other Lie algebra ${\mathfrak g}$ on $M$ by looking at Lie homomorp …
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Building Lie-like algebras from modules over semisimple Lie algebras

Here is a construction of a very broad class of "Lie-like" algebras, and I want to know more about them. Here is the main definition: Suppose $\mathfrak{g}$ is a complex semsimpl …