Semi-centre de l'algèbre enveloppante d'une sous-algèbre parabolique d'une algèbre de Lie semi-simple

Our aim is to describe the semicentre of the enveloping algebra of a parabolic subalgebra p of a semisimple finite dimensional complex Lie algebra g. Whilst [F. Fauquant-Millet, A. Joseph, Transformation Groups 6 (2) (2001) 125-142] describes explicitly the semicentre of the quantized enveloping algebra associated to p, specialization at q=1 gives only part of the required classical semicentre, even when p is a Borel. Similarly the graded of a polynomial subalgebra of the Hopf dual of the enveloping algebra of g, associated to the Kostant filtration, gives a lower bound on the required semicentre. Then by a method developed from [A. Joseph, Amer. J. Math. 99 (6) (1977) 1151-1165; J. Algebra 48 (1977) 241-289] we obtain an upper bound. Finally when g is a product of simple Lie algebras of type An or Cn we show that these bounds coincide and conclude that in this case the semicentre of the enveloping algebra of p is a polynomial algebra.