Quantum Invariant Measures

We derive an explicit expression for the Haar integral on the quantized algebra of regular functions ℂ _q [K] on the compact real form K of an arbitrary simply connected complex simple algebraic group G. This is done in terms of the irreducible ✶-representations of the Hopf ✶-algebra ℂ _q [K]. Quantum analogs of the measures on the symplectic leaves of the standard Poisson structure on K which are (almost) invariant under the dressing action of the dual Poisson algebraic group K ^✶ are also obtained. They are related to the notion of quantum traces for representations of Hopf algebras. As an application we define and compute explicitly quantum analogs of Harish-Chandra c-functions associated to the elements of the Weyl group of G. Received: 26 January 2001 / Accepted: 31 May 2001