On certain maximal cyclic modules for the quantized special linear algebra at a root of unity. (Q1880083)

In the paper [Publ. Res. Inst. Math. Sci. 27, No. 2, 347--366 (1991; Zbl 0752.17011)], for the type A case, Date, Jimbo, Miki and Miwa, gave explicit realizations of most irreducible representations of the DeConcini-Kac version of the Drinfeld-Jimbo quantized enveloping algebra at a complex root of unity. These gave rise, by specialization, to certain modules for Lusztig's quantum algebra \(u\), as shown by \textit{T. Nakashima} in [J. Math. Phys. 43, No. 4, 2000--2014 (2002; Zbl 1059.17010)]. In the paper under review, the authors compare the \(u\)-modules obtained in this fashion with Humphreys' infinitesimal Verma modules, quantized by \textit{H. H. Andersen, P. Polo} and \textit{K. Wen} [Am. J. Math. 114, No. 3, 571--604 (1992; Zbl 0755.17005)]. It is shown that, although sharing several features, these two kinds of modules are never isomorphic, except in case of irreducibility, something which rarely happens.