Published online by Cambridge University Press: 20 November 2018
Representations of various one-dimensional central extensions of quantum tori (called quantum torus Lie algebras) were studied by several authors. Now we define a central extension of quantum tori so that all known representations can be regarded as representations of the new quantum torus Lie algebras ${{\mathfrak{L}}_{q}}$. The center of
${{\mathfrak{L}}_{q}}$ now is generally infinite dimensional.
In this paper, $\mathbb{Z}$-graded Verma modules
$\tilde{V}\left( \varphi \right)$ over
${{\mathfrak{L}}_{q}}$ and their corresponding irreducible highest weight modules
$V\left( \varphi \right)$ are defined for some linear functions
$\varphi $. Necessary and sufficient conditions for
$V\left( \varphi \right)$ to have all finite dimensional weight spaces are given. Also necessary and sufficient conditions for Verma modules
$\tilde{V}\left( \varphi \right)$ to be irreducible are obtained.