Lie superalgebras with a set grading

Abstract

This paper studies Lie superalgebras graded by an arbitrary set [Formula: see text] (set grading). We show that the set-graded Lie superalgebra [Formula: see text] decomposes as the sum of well-described set-graded ideals plus a certain linear subspace. Under certain conditions, the simplicity of [Formula: see text] is characterized and it is shown that the above decomposition is exactly the direct sum of the family of its minimal set-graded ideals, each one being a simple set-graded Lie superalgebra.