Tridiagonal pairs and the \(q\)-tetrahedron algebra (Q1030753)

Let \(V\) be a vector space of finite positive dimension and let \(A, A^* \) be a tridiagonal pair on \(V\). Let \(\theta_i\) (resp. \(\theta_i^*\)) the eigenvalues of \(A\) (resp. \(A^*\)) in a standard ordering. The \(q\)-tetrahedron algebra \(\boxtimes_q\) was introduced by Ito and Terwilliger to study tridiagonal pairs. The algebra \(\boxtimes_q\) is given by generators and relations, the generators being denoted by \(\{x_{ij}\}, i,j\in \mathbb Z_4\). Assume that there is a nonzero scalar \(c\) such that \(\theta_i=q^{2i-d}\), \(\theta_i^*=q^{2i-d}+cq^{d-2i}\), \(0\leq i\leq d\). The main result of the paper under review is that there exists a \(\boxtimes_q\)-module structure on \(V\) such that \(x_{01}\) acts as \(A\) and \(x_{30}+cx_{23}\) acts as \(A^*\) if and only if a given polynomial \(P\) is nonzero when evaluated on \(\frac{q^{2d-2}}{(q-q^{-1})^2}\).