Isomorphisms and automorphisms of quantum groups

Abstract: We consider isomorphisms and automorphisms of quantum groups. Let

k

be a field and suppose

p, q i n k^{*}

are not roots of unity. We prove that the two quantum groups

U_{q} (m a t h f r a k {s l}_{2})

and

U_{p} (m a t h f r a k {s l}_{2})

over a field

k

are isomorphic as

k

-algebras if and only if

p = q^{p m 1}

. We also rediscover the description of the group of all

k

-automorphisms of

U_{q} (m a t h f r a k {s l}_{2})

of Alev and Chamarie, and that

e x t {A u t}_{k} (U_{q} (m a t h f r a k {s l}_{2}))

is isomorphic to

e x t {A u t}_{k} (U_{p} (m a t h f r a k {s l}_{2}))

.

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