Spin geometry on quantum groups via covariant differential calculi (Q1874467)

Let \(\mathcal A\) be a cosemisimple Hopf \(\star\)-algebra with antipode \(S\) and let \(\Gamma\) be a left-covariant first-order differential \(\star\)-calculus over \(\mathcal A\) such that \(\Gamma\) is self-dual and invariant under the Hopf algebra automorphism \(S^2\). A quantum Clifford algebra CL\((\Gamma, \sigma, g)\) is introduced which acts on Woronowicz' external algebra \(\Gamma^{\wedge}\). A minimal left ideal of CL\((\Gamma, \sigma, g)\) which is an \(\mathcal A\)-bimodule is called a spinor module. Metrics on spinor modules are investigated in Section 3. The usual notion of a linear left connection on \(\Gamma\) is extended to quantum Clifford algebras and also to spinor modules in Section 4. The corresponding Dirac operator and connection Laplacian are defined in Section 5. For the quantum group \(\text{SL}_q(2)\) and its bicovariant \(4D_{\pm}\)-calculi these concepts are studied in detail in Section 6. A generalization of Bochner's theorem is given. All invariant differential operators over a given spinor module are determined. The eigenvalues of the Dirac operator are computed in Section 7.