Xiao Qing YUE, Yu Cai SU
For an additive subgroup G of a field F of characteristic zero,a Lie algebra B(G) of Block type is defined with basis {Lα,i|α∈G,i∈Z+} and relations [Lα,i,Lβ,j]=(β-α)Lα+β,i+j (αj-βi)Lα+β,i+j-1.It is proved that an irreducible highest weight B(Z)-module is quasifinite if and only if it is a proper quotient of a Verma module.Furthermore,for a total order on G and any Λ∈B(G)0*(the dual space of B(G)0=span{L0,#em/em#|#em/em#∈Z+}),a VermaB(G)-module M(Λ,) is defined,and the irreducibility of M(Λ,) is completely determined.