On the Harish-Chandra homomorphism for quantum superalgebras (Q2159236)

The Harish-Chandra homomorphism for semisimple Lie algebras was firstly introduced in the study of unitary representations of semisimple Lie groups in 1951. Then, it was developed for infinite dimensional Lie algebras, Lie superalgebras and quantum groups. The Harish-Chandra homomorphism reveals many connections between the center of the enveloping (super)algebras or their quantization and the (super)symmetric polynomials as well as the highest weight representations of the corresponding algebras. In the paper under review, the authors study the Harish-Chandra homomorphism for the quantum superalgebra \(U_q (\mathfrak{g})\) associated with a simple basic Lie superalgebra \(\mathfrak{g}\) and give an explicit description of its image. Then the authors use it to prove that the center of \(U_q (\mathfrak{g})\) is isomorphic to a subring of the ring of exponential super-invariants in the sense of Sergeev and Veselov. As a byproduct, a basis of the center of \(U_q (\mathfrak{g})\) with the aid of quasi-\(R\)-matrix is obtained. The approach in the paper can not be applied to quantum queer superalgebras or quantum periplectic superalgebras. The paper finally raises one problem about establishing the Harish-Chandra type theorems for these quantum superalgebras.