Quantum matrix algebras of the GL(m|n) type: The structure and spectral parameterization of the characteristic subalgebra

We continue the study of quantum matrix algebras of the GL(m|n) type. We find three alternative forms of the Cayley-Hamilton identity; most importantly, this identity can be represented in a factored form. The factorization allows naturally dividing the spectrum of a quantum supermatrix into subsets of “even” and “odd” eigenvalues. This division leads to a parameterization of the characteristic subalgebra (the subalgebra of spectral invariants) in terms of supersymmetric polynomials in the eigenvalues of the quantum matrix. Our construction is based on two auxiliary results, which are independently interesting. First, we derive the multiplication rule for Schur functions s _λ (M) that form a linear basis of the characteristic subalgebra of a Hecke-type quantum matrix algebra; the structure constants in this basis coincide with the Littlewood-Richardson coefficients. Second, we prove a number of bilinear relations in the graded ring Λ of symmetric functions of countably many variables. __________ Translated from Teoreticheskaya i Matematicheskaya Fizika, Vol. 147, No. 1, pp. 14–46, April, 2006.     

Braided differential operators on quantum algebras

We propose a general scheme of constructing braided differential algebras via algebras of “quantum exponentiated vector fields” and those of “quantum functions”. We treat a reflection equation algebra as a quantum analog of the algebra of vector fields. The role of a quantum function algebra is played by a general quantum matrix algebra. As an example we mention the so-called RTT algebra of quantized functions on the linear matrix group GL(m)$GL\left(m\right)$. In this case our construction essentially coincides with the quantum differential algebra introduced by S. Woronowicz. If the role of a quantum function algebra is played by another copy of the reflection equation algebra we get two different braided differential algebras. One of them is defined via a quantum analog of (co)adjoint vector fields, the other algebra is defined via a quantum analog of right-invariant vector fields. We show that the former algebra can be identified with a subalgebra of the latter one. Also, we show that “quantum adjoint vector fields” can be restricted to the so-called “braided orbits” which are counterparts of generic GL(m)$GL\left(m\right)$-orbits in gl^∗(m)$g{l}^{\ast }\left(m\right)$. Such braided orbits endowed with these restricted vector fields constitute a new class of braided differential algebras.     

Wave Operators on Quantum Algebras via Noncanonical Quantization

We suggest a method to quantize basic wave operators of Relativistic Quantum Mechanics (Laplace, Maxwell, Dirac ones) without using canonical coordinates. We define two-parameter deformations of the Minkowski space algebra and its 3-dimensional reduction via the so-called Reflection Equation Algebra and its modified version. Wave operators on these algebras are introduced by means of quantized partial derivatives described in two ways. In particular, they are given in so-called pseudospherical form which makes use of a q-deformation of the Lie algebra sl(2) and quantum versions of the Cayley-Hamilton identity.     

Drinfeld–Sokolov reduction in quantum algebras: canonical form of generating matrices

We define the second canonical forms for the generating matrices of the Reflection Equation algebras and the braided Yangians, associated with all even skew-invertible involutive and Hecke symmetries. By using the Cayley–Hamilton identities for these matrices, we show that they are similar to their canonical forms in the sense of Chervov and Talalaev (J Math Sci (NY) 158:904–911, 2008).     

Generalized Yangians and their Poisson counterparts

By generalized Yangians, we mean Yangian-like algebras of two different classes. One class comprises the previously introduced so-called braided Yangians. Braided Yangians have properties similar to those of the reflection equation algebra. Generalized Yangians of the second class, RTT-type Yangians, are defined by the same formulas as the usual Yangians but with other quantum R-matrices. If such an R-matrix is the simplest trigonometric R-matrix, then the corresponding RTT-type Yangian is called a q-Yangian. We claim that each generalized Yangian is a deformation of the commutative algebra Sym(gl(m)[t ^?1]) if the corresponding R-matrix is a deformation of the flip operator. We give the explicit form of the corresponding Poisson brackets.     

Hecke Symmetries and Characteristic Relations on Reflection Equation Algebras

We analyze the relation between the properties of Hecke symmetry (i.e., Hecke type R-matrix) and the algebraic structure of the corresponding reflection equation (RE) algebra. Analogues of the Newton relations and Cayley–Hamilton theorem for the matrix of generators of the RE algebra associated with a finite rank even Hecke symmetry are derived.