The PBW Theorem and simplicity criteria for the Poisson enveloping algebra and the algebra of Poisson differential operators

Abstract

For an arbitrary Poisson algebra $\CP$ over an arbitrary field, an (analogue of) the Poincar\'{e}-Birkhof-Witt Theorem is proven and several presentations/constructions for its Poisson enveloping algebra $\CU (\CP )$ are given. As a result, explicit sets of generators and defining relations are given for $\CU (\CP )$ and the algebra $P\CD (\CP)$ of Poisson differential operators on $\CP$. Simplicity criteria for the algebras $\CU (\CP )$ and $P\CD (\CP )$ are given. In the case when the algebra $\CP$ is of essentially finite type, a criterion for the algebra $\CU (\CP )$ to be a domain is presented and a criterion for a natural epimorphism $\CU (\CP )\ra P\CD (\CP )$ to be an isomorphism is given. The kernel of the epimorphism is described and for large classes of Poisson algebras an explicit set of generators is given. Explicit formulae for the Gelfand-Kirillov dimension of the algebras $\CU (\CP )$ and $P\CD (\CP)$ are given. In the case when the Poisson algebra $\CP$ is a regular domain of essentially finite type an explicit simplecticity criterion for $\CP$ is found and a criterion is presented for the algebra $\CU (\CP )$ to be isomorphic to the algebra $\CD (\CP )$ of differential operators on $\CP$.