Homomorphisms of quantum groups

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Abstract: We introduce some equivalent notions of homomorphisms between quantum groups that behave well with respect to duality of quantum groups. Our equivalent definitions are based on bicharacters, coactions, and universal quantum groups, respectively.


The paper uses the definition of a locally compact group based on modular multiplicative unitaries due to \textit{P. M. Sołtan} and \textit{S. L. Woronowicz} [J. Funct. Anal. 252, No. 1, 42--67 (2007; Zbl 1134.46044)]. The approach to the homomorphisms developed is based on the point of view that quantum groups encode symmetries of \(C^*\)-algebras, in the form of coactions. More concretely, let \(\mathfrak{C^*alg}(A)\) be the category of \(C^*\)-algebras with a continuous coaction of a \(C^*\)- bialgebra \((A,\Delta_A)\), with \(A\)-equivariant morphisms as arrows. Forgetting the coaction provides a functor \(\mathrm{\mathbf For}\) to the category \(\mathfrak{C^*alg}\) of \(C^*\)-algebras without extra structure. Then one defines a quantum group homomorphism from a locally compact quantum group \((C,\Delta_C)\) to \((A,\Delta_A)\) is a functor \(F:\mathfrak{C^*alg}(C)\to\mathfrak{C^*alg}(A)\) with \(F\circ\mathrm{\mathbf For}=\mathrm{\mathbf For}\).NEWLINENEWLINENg introduced a notion of quantum group morphism in [\textit{C.-K. Ng}, J. Oper. Theory 38, No. 2, 203--224 (1997; Zbl 0907.46049)]. The results in this paper show that Ng's theory works, provided that the quantum groups are defined by multiplicative unitaries that lift to the universal quantum groups.




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