Quantum \(E(2)\) group and its Pontryagin dual (Q1184555)

This paper is concerned with the quantum group \(E_ \mu(2)\) [see also the author, Commun. Math. Phys. 136, 399-432 (1991; Zbl 0743.46080), \textit{L. Vaksman} and \textit{L. Korogodskij}, Dokl. Akad. Nauk SSSR 304, 1036- 1040 (1989; Zbl 0699.46053), \textit{E. Celeghini}, \textit{R. Giachetti, E. Sorace} and \textit{M. Tarlini}, J. Math. Phys. 31, 2548-2551 (1990; Zbl 0725.17020)]. The author recalls the definition of the \(C^*\)-algebra of ``continuous functions vanishing at infinity'' on this quantum group and proves the existence of the comultiplication, in the operator-theory framework. Then he proves a theorem characterizing the unitary representations of \(E_ \mu(2)\), that is, the unitary comodules of that algebra. The same task is accomplished with the Pontryagin dual of \(E_ \mu(2)\), which is, in addition, shown to be a deformation of the group of transformations of the plane generated by translations and dilations.