On the spherical and zonal spherical functions on a compact quantum group

Invariance properties of the functions satisfying an integral spherical equation on a compact quantum group are discussed. It is shown that spherical and zonal spherical functions are conncected with the spherical representation of a compact quantum group.Supported by Polish Scientific Grant RPI10.     

On the Wigner-Eckart theorem for tensor operators connected with compact matrix quantum groups

In this Letter, the notion of a tensor operator connected with a unitary, smooth, finite-dimensional representation of a compact, matrix quantum group is introduced and investigated. It is proved that, for compact matrix, simply reducible quantum groups, there exists a theorem analogous to the famous Wigner-Eckart theorem.     

Variations on a theme of Schwinger and Weyl

The theme of doing quantum mechanics on all Abelian groups goes back to Schwinger and Weyl. This theme was studied earlier from the point of view of approximating quantum systems in infinite-dimensional spaces by those associated to finite Abelian groups. This Letter links this theme to deformation quantization, and explores the set of noncommutative associative algebra structures on the Schwartz-Weil algebra of any locally compact separable Abelian group. If the group is a vector space of even dimension over a non-Archimedean local fieldK, there exists a family of noncommutative (Moyal) structures parametrized by the local field and containing membersarbitrarily close to the classical one, although the classical algebra is rigid in the sense of deformation theory. The-products are defined by Fourier integral operators. The problem of constructing sucharithmetic Moyal structures on the algebra of Schwartz-Bruhat functions on manifolds that are locally likeK ²ⁿ is raised.In memory of Julian Schwinger     

The two-dimensional quantum Euclidean algebra

The algebra dual to Woronowicz's deformation of the two-dimensional Euclidean group is constructed. The same algebra is obtained from SU _q (2) via contraction on both the group and algebra levels.     

The quantum de Rham complexes associated with SL h (2)

Quantum de Rham complexes on the quantum plane and the quantum group itself are constructed for the nonstandard deformation of Fun(SL(2)). It is shown that in contrast to the standardq-deformation of SL(2), the above complexes are unique for SL _h (2). Also, as a byproduct, a new deformation of the two-dimensional Heisenberg algebra is obtained which can be used to construct models ofh-deformed quantum mechanics.     

Star products for SL(2)

The deformation program (the use of star products in harmonic analysis) leads to the definition of an adapted Fourier transform, unitary transformation between spaces of square integrable functions of the group G and on the dual of its Lie algebra, describing the unitary dual of G and its Plancherel transform. This Letter is an application of this program to the universal covering group of SL(2).     

Unbounded elements affiliated withC*-algebras and non-compact quantum groups

The affiliation relation that allows to include unbounded elements (operators) into theC ^*-algebra framework is introduced, investigated and applied to the quantum group theory. The quantum deformation of (the two-fold covering of) the group of motions of Euclidean plane is constructed. A remarkable radius quantization is discovered. It is also shown that the quantumSU(1, 1) group does not exist on theC ^*-algebra level for real value of the deformation parameter.Supported by Japan Society for the Promotion of Science     

Twisting and Rieffel’s Deformation of Locally Compact Quantum Groups

We develop the twisting construction for locally compact quantum groups. A new feature, in contrast to the previous work of M. Enock and the second author, is a non-trivial deformation of the Haar measure. Then we construct Rieffel’s deformation of locally compact quantum groups and show that it is dual to the twisting. This allows to give new interesting concrete examples of locally compact quantum groups, in particular, deformations of the classical az + b group and of Woronowicz’ quantum az + b group.     

Optimal Control for Quantum Driving of Two-Level Systems

In this paper, the optimal quantum control of two-level systems is studied by the decompositions of SU(2). Using the Pontryagin maximum principle, the minimum time of quantum control is analyzed in detail. The solution scheme of the optimal control function is given in the general case. Finally, two specific cases, which can be applied in many quantum systems, are used to illustrate the scheme, while the corresponding optimal control functions are obtained.     

New quantum deformation of OSp(1;2)

The complete set of formulas describing the new quantum deformation of the OSp(1;2) supergroup is provided. A general Ansatz is solved for the deformation of the Borel subalgebra of its dual quantum deformation of osp(1;2).     

Duality on the quantum space(3) with two parameters

In this study, we introduce a dual Hopf algebra in the sense of Sudbery for the quantum space(3) whose coordinates satisfy the commutation relations with two parameters and we show that the dual algebra is isomorphic to the quantum Lie algebra corresponding to the Cartan-Maurer right invariant differential forms on the quantum space(3). We also observe that the quantum Lie algebra generators are commutative as those of the undeformed Lie algebra and the deformation becomes apparent when one studies the Leibniz rules for the generators.     

Construction of a central extension of a Lie group from its class of symplectic cohomology

Bargmann’s group is a central extension of Galilei group motivated by quantum-theoretical considerations. Bargmann’s work suggests that one of the reasons of the failure of naïve attemps to construct actions on quantum wave functions has a cohomologic origin. It is this point, we develop in the context of Lie groups with symplectic actions. Studying the co-adjoint representation of a central extension of a group G$G$, we highlight the link between the extension cocycles and the symplectic cocycles of G$G$. Also, each extension coboundary corresponds to a symplectic coboundary. Finally, we emphasize the condition to be satisfied by the extension cocycle for the class of symplectic cohomology of the extension being null. The method is illustrated by application to Physics.     

A candidate for a noncompact quantum group

A previous letter (Bidegain, F. and Pinczon, G:Lett. Math. Phys. 33 (1995), 231–240) established that the star-product approach of a quantum group introduced by Bonneau et al. can be extended to a connected locally compact semisimple real Lie group. The aim of the present Letter is to give an example of what a noncompact quantum group could be. From half of the discrete series ofSL(2, ), a new type of quantum group is explicitly constructed.     

Quantum poincaré group for isotropic quantum space-time

Possibilities of isotropic deformation of space-time are studied. The result is the two-parameter deformation. A differential calculus on the quantum space-time is constructed and the quantum differential geometry is formulated. A group of rigid motion of quantum space-time is investigated. This group is an example of a quantized braided group.     

BFV quantization on hermitian symmetric spaces

Gauge-invariant BFV approach to geometric quantization is applied to the case of hermitian symmetric spaces G/H. In particular, gauge invariant quantization on the Lobachevski plane and sphere is carried out. Due to the presence of symmetry, master equations for the first-class constraints, quantum observables and physical quantum states are exactly solvable. BFV-BRST operator defines a flat G-connection in the Fock bundle over G/H. Physical quantum states are covariantly constant sections with respect to this connection and are shown to coincide with the generalized coherent states for the group G. Vacuum expectation values of the quantum observables commuting with the quantum first-class constraints reduce to the covariant symbols of Berezin. The gauge-invariant approach to quantization on symplectic manifolds synthesizes geometric, deformation and Berezin quantization approaches.     

Relating the approaches to quantised algebras and quantum groups

This paper constructs two representations of the quantum groupU _q g' by exploiting its quotient structure and the quantum double construction. Here the quantum group is taken as the dual to the quantised algebraU _q g, a one parameter deformation of the universal enveloping algebra of the Lie algebra g, as in Drinfel'd [6] and Jimbo [10]. From the two representations, the Hopf structure of the quantised algebraU _q g is reexpressed in a matrix format. This is the very structure given by Faddeev et al. [7], in their approach to defining quantum groups and quantised algebras via the quantisation of the function space of the associated Lie group to g.Supported by a SERC studentship     

Star products and geometric algebra

The formalism of geometric algebra can be described as deformed super analysis. The deformation is done with a fermionic star product, that arises from deformation quantization of pseudoclassical mechanics. If one then extends the deformation to the bosonic coefficients of superanalysis one obtains quantum mechanics for systems with spin. This approach clarifies on the one hand the relation between Grassmann and Clifford structures in geometric algebra and on the other hand the relation between classical mechanics and quantum mechanics. Moreover it gives a formalism that allows to handle classical and quantum mechanics in a consistent manner.