Finite-dimensional irreducible modules of the universal Askey-Wilson algebra at roots of unity (Q2216534)

In this paper \(\mathbb{F}\) is an algebraic closed field and \(q\in\mathbb{F}\) is aprimitive \(d\)th root of unity with \(d\not= 1,2,4\). The universal Askey-Wilson algebra \(\Delta_q\) is a unital associative \(\mathbb{F}\)-algebra generated by \(A,B,C\) and relations asserting that each of \[A+\frac{qBC-q^{-1}CB}{q^2-q^{-2}},\ B+\frac{qCA-q^{-1}AC}{q^2-q^{-2}},\ B+\frac{qAB-q^{-1}BA}{q^2-q^{-2}},\] is central in \(\Delta_q\) (cf. [\textit{P. Terwilliger}, SIGMA, Symmetry Integrability Geom. Methods Appl. 7, Paper 069, 24 p. (2011; Zbl 1244.33015)]). Setting \[\hat{d}=\begin{cases}d &\text{ if }d\text{ is odd},\\ d/2 &\text{ if }d\text{ is even}.\end{cases}\] the main result is given as \textbf{Theorem 1.2} If \(V\) is a finite-dimensional irreducible \(\Delta_q\)-module, then the dimension of \(V\) is less than or equal to \(\hat{d}\). \vskip0.3cm Here, given any nonzero \(a,b,c\in\mathbb{F}\) and any integer \(n\geq 0\), an \((n+1)\) dimensional \(\Delta_q\)-module \(V_n(a,b,c)\) is constructed as in [\textit{H.-W. Huang}, Commun. Math. Phys. 340, No. 3, 959--984 (2015; Zbl 1331.33036)]. It is irreducible if and only if \(0\leq n\leq d-1\) and \[abc,a^{-1}bc,ab^{-1}c,abc^{-1}\not\in \{q^{2i-n-1}\mid i=1,2,\ldots,n\}.\] The layout of the paper is as follows: \S1. Introduction \S2. Preliminaries \S3. The \(q\)-Racah sequences \S4. The decomposition of finite-diminsional irreduciible \(\Delta_q\)-modules \S5. The operator associated with \(q\)-Racah polynomials Proof of Theorem 1.2 References (32 items)