Models of Q algebra representations

This article gives a review of various straightforward models ofQ algebra representations. This is done using one and two variable function space models of theq-analogues of Lie enveloping algebras. The algebras considered are the quantum algebraU _q (su ₂ ) and aq analogue of the oscillator algebra. We present only the general framework and refer the reader to references of the joint work of the author and Willard Miller, Jr.Presented at the Colloquium on the Quantum Groups, Prague, 18–20 June 1992.