Serre presentations of Lie superalgebras

Abstract

An analogue of Serre's theorem is established for finite dimensional simple Lie superalgebras, which describes presentations in terms of Chevalley generators and Serre type relations relative to all possible choices of Borel subalgebras. The proof of the theorem is conceptually transparent; it also provides an alternative approach to Serre's theorem for ordinary Lie algebras.Comment: 45 page