It takes two spectral sequences

Abstract

We study the representation theory of the Lie superalgebra gl(1|1), constructing two spectral sequences which eventually annihilate precisely the superdimension 0 indecomposable modules in the finite-dimensional category. The pages of these spectral sequences, along with their limits, define symmetric monoidal functors on Repgl(1|1). These two spectral sequences are related by contragredient duality, and from their limits we construct explicit semisimplification functors, which we explicitly prove are isomorphic up to a twist. We use these tools to prove branching results for the restriction of simple modules over Kac-Moody and queer Lie superalgebras to gl(1|1)-subalgebras.