u q(2,1) noncompact quantum algebra: Intermediate discrete series of unitary irreducible representations

The unitary irreducible representations of the u _q(2,1) quantum algebra that belong to the intermediate discrete series are considered. The q analog of the Mickelsson-Zhelobenko algebra is developed. Use is made of the U basis corresponding to the reduction u _q(2,1) ? u _q(2). Explicit formulas for the matrix elements of the generators are obtained in this basis. The projection operator that projects an arbitrary vector onto the extremal vector of the intermediate-series representation is found.     

Discrete series of unitary irreducible representations of the Uq(u(3, 1)) and Uq(u(n, 1)) noncompact quantum algebras

The structure of all discrete series of unitary irreducible representations of the U _q (u(3, 1)) and U _q (u(n, 1)) noncompact quantum algebras are investigated with the aid of extremal projection operators and the q-analog of the Mickelsson-Zhelobenko algebra Z(g, g′) _q . The orthonormal basis constructed in the infinite-dimensional space of irreducible representations of the U _q (u(n, 1)) ⊇ U _q (u(n)) algebra is the q-analog of the Gelfand-Graev basis in the space of the corresponding irreducible representations of the u(n, 1) ⊇ u(n) classical algebra.     

Quantum algebra U q(2, 1): q analogs of the Gelfand-Graev formulas

The discrete series of unitary irreducible representations of the noncompact quantum algebra U _q(2, 1) are studied. For the negative discrete series, two bases of these irreps are considered. One of them corresponds to the reduction U _q(2, 1) → U _q(2)×U(1). The second basis is connected with the reduction U _q(2, 1) → U(1)×U _q(1, 1). The matrix elements of the U _q(2, 1) generators in both bases are calculated. For the intermediate discrete series, only first type of basis is considered and the q analogs of the Gelfand-Graev formulas are obtained. Also, the transformation brackets connecting the two bases are found for the negative discrete series.     

Representations of the cyclically symmetric q-deformed algebra U q(so3)

An algebra homomorphism from the nonstandard q-deformed (cyclically symmetric) algebra U _q(so₃) to the extension Û _q(sl₂) of the Hopf algebra U _q(sl₂) is constructed. Not all irreducible representations (IR) of U _q(sl₂) can be extended to representations of Û _q(sl₂). Composing the homomorphism with irreducible representations of Û _q(sl₂) we obtain representations of U _q(so₃). Not all of these representations of U _q(so₃) are irreducible. Reducible representations of U _q(so₃) are decomposed into irreducible components. In this way we obtain all IR of U _q(so₃) when q is not a root of unity. A part of these representations turn into IR of the Lie algebra so₃ when q 1.     

Finite-dimensional representations of U q (osp(1/2n)) and its connection with quantum so(2n+1)

It is shown that the quantum supergroup U _q (osp(1/2_n)) is essentially isomorphic to the quantum group U _-q (so(2n+1)) restricted to tensorial representations. This renders it straightforward to classify all the finite-dimensional irreducible representations of U _q (osp(1/2n)) at generic q. In particular, it is proved that at generic q, every-dimensional irrep of this quantum supergroup is a deformation of an osp(1/2n) irrep, and all the finite-dimensional representations are completely reducible.     

Construction of cyclic representations of quantum algebras at q p =1 from their regular representations

Cyclic representations of maximal dimension of the quantum algebra U _q L associated with any finite-dimensional simple Lie algebra L are studied from its regular representation at q ^p =1, which is proved to be a quotient module of itself as a left module with respect to some submodules. The general theory is given after an instructive example U _q sl(2) is studied. Another explicit example U _q sl(3) is also presented.This work is supported in part by the National Natural Science Foundation of China. Author Fu is also supported by the Jilin Provincial Science and Technology Foundation of China     

THE ADJOINT REPRESENTATION OF QUANTUM ALGEBRA Uq(sl(2))

Starting from any representation of the Lie algebra on the finite dimensional vector space V we can construct the representation on the space Aut(V). These representations are of the type of ad. That is one of the reasons, why it is important to study the adjoint representation of the Lie algebra on the universal enveloping algebra U(). A similar situation is for the quantum groups U_q(). In this paper, we study the adjoint representation for the simplest quantum algebra U_q(sl(2)) in the case that q is not a root of unity.     

Nonclassical type representations of the q-deformed algebra U′q(son)

The nonstandard q-deformation U_q(so_n) of the universal enveloping algebra U(so _n ) has irreducible finite dimensional representations which are a q-deformation of the well-known irreducible finite dimensional representations of U(so _n ). But U_q(so_n) also has irreducible finite dimensional representations which have no classical analogue. The aim of this paper is to give these representations which are called nonclassical type representations. They are given by explicit formulas for operators of the representations corresponding to the generators of U_q(so_n).     

Representations of Lie algebras from representations of quantum groups

In paper [*] (P. Moylan: Czech. J. Phys., Vol. 47 (1997), p. 1251) we gave an explicit embedding of the three dimensional Euclidean algebra (2) into a quantum structure associated with U _q(so(2, 1)). We used this embedding to construct skew symmetric representations of (2) out of skew symmetric representations of U _q(so(2, 1)). Here we consider generalizations of the results in [*] to a more complicated quantum group, which is of importance to physics. We consider U _q(so(3, 2)), and we show that, for a particular representation, namely the Rac representation, many of the results in [*] carry over to this case. In particular, we construct representations of so(3, 2), P(2, 2), the Poincaré algebra in 2+2 dimensions, and the Poincaré algebra out of the Rac representation of U _q(so(3, 2)). These results may be of interest to those working on exploiting representations of U _q(so(3, 2)), like the Rac, as an example of kinematical confinement for particle constituents such as the quarks.     

Quantum Algebra U q(gl(3)) and Nonlinear Optics

Indecomposable representations are investigated for the U _q(gl(3)) quantum algebra. The matrix elements are explicitly determined for the elementary representations, and the extremal vectors which characterize invariant subspaces are given in explicit form. Quotient spaces are used to derive other representations from the elementary representations, including the finite-dimensional irreducible representations and infinite-dimensional representations which are bounded above. Applications to nonlinear-optical phenomena are discussed.     

Irreducible highest weight representations of quantum groupsU q (gl(n,C))

Explicit recurrence formulas of canonical realization (boson representation) for quantum enveloping algebrasU _q (gl(n, C)) are given. Using them, irreducible highest weight representations ofU _q (gl(n, C)) are obtained as restriction of representation of Fock space to invariant subspace generated by vacuum as a cyclic vector.     

The unitary irreducible representations of the quantum heisenberg algebra

The goal of this work is to describe the irreducible representations of the quantum Heisenberg algebra and the unitary irreducible representation of one of its real forms. The solution of this problem is obtained through the investigation of theleft spectrum of the quantum Heisenberg algebra using the result about spectra of generic algebras of skew differential operators (cf. [R]).     

A q-deformed Lorentz algebra

We derive a q-deformed version of the Lorentz algebra by deforming the algebraSL(2,C). The method is based on linear representations of the algebra on the complex quantum spinor space. We find that the generators usually identified withSL _q(2,C) generateSU _q (2) only. Four additional generators are added which generate Lorentz boosts. The full algebra of all seven generators and their coproduct is presented. We show that in the limitq→1 the generators are those of the classical Lorentz algebra plus an additionalU(1). Thus we have a deformation ofSL(2,C)×U(1).     

On the skew representations of the quantum affine algebra

An explicit realization of the skew representations of the quantum affine algebra U _q (gl _n ) is given. It is used to identify these representations in a simple way by calculating their highest weight, Drinfeld polynomials and the Gelfand-Tsetlin character (orq-character).     

The cyclic representations of the quantum superalgebra U q osp(2, 1) withq a root of unity

By generalizing De Concini and Kac's cyclic representation theory of quantum groups at roots of unity, the cyclic representations of the quantum superalgebra U _q osp(2, 1) are constructed in three classes: irreducible representations with single multiplicities, irreducible representations with the multiplicities larger than one, and indecomposable representations.This work is supported in part by the National Sciene Foundation in China.     

Deformation quantization of the heisenberg group

After reviewing the way the quantization of Poisson Lie Groups naturally leads to Quantum Groups we use the existing quantum versionH(1)q of the Heisenberg algebra to give an explicit example of this quantization on the Heisenberg group.     

The q-boson realizations of the quantum groups Uq(B2) and Uq(C2)

We give explicit realization of formulae of canonical realization for the quantum enveloping algebrasU _q (B ₂)~U _q (so(5)) andU _q (C ₂)~U _q (sp(4)). In these formulae the generators of the algebra are expressed by means of 3 canonicalq-boson pairs and one auxiliary representation ofU _q (gl(2)).     

Nonstandard GLh(n) quantum groups and contraction of covariant q-bosonic algebras

GL_h(n) × GL_h(m)-covariant h-bosonic algebras are built by contracting the GL_q(n) × GL_q(m)-covariant q-bosonic algebras considered by the present author some years ago. Their defining relations are written in terms of the corresponding R _h-matrices. Whenever n = 2, and m = 1 or 2, it is proved by using U_h(sl(2)) Clebsch-Gordan coefficients that they can also be expressed in terms of coupled commutators in a way entirely similar to the classical case. Some U_h(sl(2)) rank-(1/2) irreducible tensor operators, recently constructed by Aizawa in terms of standard bosonic operators, are shown to provide a realization of the h-bosonic algebra corresponding to n = 2 and m = 1.