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Classification of quasifinite\(\mathcal{W}_\infty \)-modules-modules

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It is proved that an irreducible quasifinite\(\mathcal{W}_\infty \)-module is a highest or lowest weight module or a module of the intermediate series; a uniformly bounded indecomposable weight\(\mathcal{W}_\infty \)-module is a module of the intermediate series. For a nondegenerate additive subgroup Λ ofF n, whereF is a field of characteristic zero, there is a simple Lie or associative algebraW(Λ,n)(1) spanned by differential operatorsuD m1 …D m1 foruF[Γ] (the group algebra), andm i≥0 with\(\sum {_{i = 1}^n m_i } \geqslant 1\), whereD i are degree operators. It is also proved that an indecomposable quasifinite weightW(Λ,n)(1)-module is a module of the intermediate series if Λ is not isomorphic to ℤ.

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Supported by NSF grant no. 10471091 of China and two grants “Excellent Young Teacher Program” and “Trans-Century Training Programme Foundation for the Talents” from the Ministry of Education of China.

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Su, Y., Xin, B. Classification of quasifinite\(\mathcal{W}_\infty \)-modules-modules. Isr. J. Math. 151, 223–236 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02777363

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