Lie-Poisson groups: Remarks and examples

The aim of this Letter is twofold. On the one hand, we discuss two possible definitions of complex structures on Poisson-Lie groups and we give a complete classification of the isomorphism classes of complex Lie-Poisson structures on the group SL(2, ). On the other hand, we give an algebraic characterization of a class of solutions of the Yang-Baxter equations which contains the well-known Drinfeld solutions [1]; in particular, we prove the existence of a nontrivial Lie-Poisson structure on any simply connected real semi-simple Lie Group G. Other low dimensional examples will appear elsewhere.Chercheur qualifié au FNRS.