Simple modules over the Takiff Lie algebra for sl2

Abstract

In this paper, we construct, investigate and, in some cases, classify several new classes of (simple) modules over the Takiff sl2. More precisely, we first explicitly construct and classify, up to isomorphism, all modules over the Takiff sl2 that are Uh̄-free of rank one, where h̄ is a natural Cartan subalgebra of the Takiff sl2. These split into three general families of modules. The sufficient and necessary conditions for simplicity of these modules are presented, and their isomorphism classes are determined. Using the vector space duality and Mathieu’s twisting functors, these three classes of modules are used to construct new families of weight modules over the Takiff sl2. We give necessary and sufficient conditions for these weight modules to be simple and, in some cases, completely determine their submodule structure.