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We give a criterion for the annihilator in U(\( \mathfrak{s}\mathfrak{l} \)(∞)) of a simple highest weight \( \mathfrak{s}\mathfrak{l} \)(∞)-module to be nonzero. As a consequence we show that, in contrast with the case of \( \mathfrak{s}\mathfrak{l} \)(n), the annihilator in U(\( \mathfrak{s}\mathfrak{l} \)(∞)) of any simple highest weight \( \mathfrak{s}\mathfrak{l} \)(∞)-module is integrable, i.e., coincides with the annihilator of an integrable \( \mathfrak{s}\mathfrak{l} \)(∞)-module. Furthermore, we define the class of ideal Borel subalgebras of \( \mathfrak{s}\mathfrak{l} \)(∞), and prove that any prime integrable ideal in U(\( \mathfrak{s}\mathfrak{l} \)(∞)) is the annihilator of a simple \( \mathfrak{b} \) 0-highest weight module, where \( \mathfrak{b} \) 0 is any fixed ideal Borel subalgebra of \( \mathfrak{s}\mathfrak{l} \)(∞). This latter result is an analogue of the celebrated Duoflo Theorem for primitive ideals.
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PENKOV, I., PETUKHOV, A. ANNIHILATORS OF HIGHEST WEIGHT \( \mathfrak{s}\mathfrak{l} \)(∞)-MODULES. Transformation Groups 21, 821–849 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00031-016-9369-6
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