Minor identities for quasi-determinants and quantum determinants (Q1894851)

Matrices \(T\) with noncommutative entries, obeying a relation of the form \(RT_1 T_2 = T_2T_1R\), where the matrix \(R\) is a solution of the Yang-Baxter equation, are considered. The entries of the monodromy matrix \(T\) may be regarded as the generators of an associated algebra subject to the above relation. The aim of the article is to demonstrate that the quasi-determinants of Gelfand and Retakh can be used to describe the algebraic relations satisfied by the quantum minors of a monodromy matrix. Therefore identities satisfied by quasi-minors of the generic noncommutative matrix are studied. Then quantum determinantal identities are derived by specializing them to a matrix \(T\). Only the matrix \(T\) of the generators of the quantum group \(A_q (GL)_n\) is considered (some techniques are also applicable to the case of \(Y(g \ell_n))\).