All Questions
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A question about q-binomials at roots of unity
I have a question about a lemma $9.3.6$ in the book A Guide to Quantum Groups written by Vyjayanthi Chari and Andrew Pressley. This question comes from page 301, "The restricted specialization&...
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Simple highest weight modules of quantum affine algebras
Let $U_q(\hat{\mathfrak g})$ be a quantum affine algebra, and let $L$ be an integrable simple highest weight module of $U_q(\hat{\mathfrak g})$. In [Lu], Lusztig proved that the limit of $L$ when $q\...
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Reasons about the difference between twisted affine algebras of $A_{2l}$ and other types
I am reading about Kac–Moody algebras. I have a question about the construction of twisted affine algebras.
Let $\sigma$ be a graph automorphism of the simple Lie algebra $\mathfrak{g}$.
When $\...
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What is the ring structure on Lusztig's integral form of quantum $\mathfrak{sl}(2)$?
Consider the quantum group $U_q(\mathfrak{sl}_2)$, with generators $E,F,K$ such that $[E,F]=\frac{K-K^{-1}}{q-q^{-1}}$. Write $[n]=\frac{q^n-q^{-n}}{q-q^{-1}}$, and $[n]!=[n][n-1]\dotsm[1]$.
In ...
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Is there a classical version of Yetter-Drinfeld modules?
One motivation for the notion of the Drinfeld double $D(H)$ of an Hopf algebra $H$ is that it is defined exactly so that modules over $D(H)$ correspond to Yetter-Drinfeld modules over $H$.
If we think ...
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PBW basis for the quantized enveloping Lie algebra of $\mathfrak{g}_2$
I would like to know if you have any reference where I can find the canonical PBW basis for $U_q(\mathfrak{g}_2),$ computed using the action of the braid group as defined by Luzstig.
Alternatively I ...
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Dimensions of centralizers in quantum Lie algebras associated to $\mathfrak{sl}_n$
Following ideas of Woronowicz, Lyubaschenko and Sudbery defined in Quantum Lie algebras of type $A_n$ the notion of a quantum Lie algebra $\mathfrak{sl}_n$. Let me focus on the case where $q$ is not a ...
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Calculating fusion rules for $\operatorname{Rep}(G)$ and $G_{k}$ [reference request]
Could somebody please direct me to textbooks / literature that (perhaps lay the foundations for and) detail the method for determining the fusion rules for categories such as
$\operatorname{Rep}(G)$ ...
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The adjoint representation of $U_q({\frak sl}_2)$ on itself
Let $U_q(\frak{sl}_2)$ denote the quantum universal enveloping algebra of $\frak{sl}_2$, and consider the adjoint action
$$
\mathrm{ad}_X: U_q({\frak sl}_2) \to U_q({\frak sl}_2), ~~ Y \mapsto S(X_{(...
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Representations of $U_q(\mathfrak{sl}(2))$ as differential / difference operators
$\mathfrak{sl}(2)$ (over $\mathbb{C}$) with basis $E_\pm, H$ with commutation relations
$$
[H,E_{\pm}]=\pm 2 E_\pm,\quad [E_+,E_-]=H
$$
admits the well-known representation on $\mathbb{C}[x]$ with
$$
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Non-cosemisimple duals of pointed Hopf algebras
I take the following quote from an answer to this question
A Hopf algebra is called pointed if all its simple left (or right)
comodules are one-dimensional. The quantized enveloping algebras and
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Quantum Hamiltonian reduction and tensor products
Let $k$ be a field of characteristic zero, $\mathfrak{g}$ a finite-dimensional Lie algebra over $k$, and let $A,B$ associative $k$-algebras.
Suppose that $\mathfrak{g}$ acts on $A$ and $B$, and ...
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Indecomposable, non-simple, modules of quantum groups at roots of unity
Let us consider the quantum group $U_q(\mathfrak{sl}_2)$ (as defined in Kassel's book on quantum groups), for $q$ being a root of unity of order $d$ (i.e., $d$ is the smallest positive integer for ...
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Comparing two similar procedures for quantizing a Casimir Lie algebra
My primary reference for this question is the very good book Quantum Groups and Knot Invariants by C. Kassel, M. Rosso, and V. Turaev. I'm also drawing from P. Etingof and O. Schiffmann, Lectures on ...
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Quantum groups and deformations of the monoidal category of $U(\frak{g})$-modules
In the first answer for this question is writen, about the braided category of representation of the enveloping algebra $U(\frak{g})$, for $\frak{g}$ a semisimple Lie algebra:
The space of ...
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Commutators for quantum Lie algebras
Can the usual definition of a Lie algebra via commutators be simply adapted
to quantum Lie algebras? Graphically you have the IHX scheme, with the X
being a virtual crossing (so to say). Does it ...
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Examples of representations of quantum groups
I am trying to learn some basic theory of quantum groups $U_q(\mathfrak{g})$, where $\mathfrak{g}$ is a simple Lie algebra, say $sl_n(\mathbb{C})$. As far as I heard the finite dimensional ...
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Relationship between R-matrix and Casimir element?
Given a simple Lie algebra $\mathfrak{g}$, is there any relation between its Casimir element and the $R$-matrix of the related Yangian $Y(\mathfrak{g})$?
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Comodules of the $B,C$ and $D$ series quantum groups
In Section 11.5 of Klimyk and Schmudgen's book on quantum groups, explicit presentations of the isomorphism classes of comodules of ${\cal O}(GL_q(N))$ are given in terms of its "quantum minors". In ...
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Crystal basis for quantum groups and Lie algebras
Lie $g$ be a finite dimensional complex simple Lie algebra and $U_q(g)$ the corresponding quantum group, where $q$ is not a root of unity. Every simple finite dimensional $g$-module is of the form $V(\...
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The role of the Vandermonde determinant in representations of affine Lie algebras
I am reading a paper 'Yangians and R-matrices' by Chari & Pressley (1990) and to classify representations for particular quantum groups, they define a "quantum Vandermonde determinant". They also ...
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"Quantum Littlewood-Richardson" Rule?
Let $\frak{g}$ be a complex semi-simple Lie algebra, and $\lambda,\mu \in P^+$ two positive dominant weights with corresponding irreducible representations $V(\lambda)$ and $V(\mu)$. The tensor ...
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level 2,3 characters of affine su(2)
Does anyone know where I can find an explicit formula to compute the level 2 or level 3
characters of affine $su(2)$? I have found several sources that give a formula to compute the
level 1 ...
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polynomial representation of $sl_{2}(k)$
Let $k$ be an algebraic closed field of characteristic 0. We write
$$X=\left(
\begin{array}{ccc}
0 & 1\\
0 & 0\\
\end{array}
\right),~~
Y=\left(
\begin{array}{ccc}
0 & 0\\
1 & 0\\
\...
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The Killing form on quantized enveloping algebras and reduction to the classical case
Let $U_q$ be the quantized enveloping algebra associated to a semisimple Lie algebra $\mathfrak g$. It is a result due to Tanisaki (see here; also see Chapter 6 of Jantzen's book Lectures on Quantum ...
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Why do sl(2) and so(3) correspond to different points on the Vogel plane?
Vogel assigns to every simple metric Lie algebra (and more generally to every simple metric Lie algebra object in a symmetric monoidal category) a point in the orbifold $\mathbb{P}^2/S_3$ (where $S_3$ ...