The two-parameter quantum deformation of the unit disc (Q2368150)

Given the Lie group \(SU(1,1)\), let \(U\) denote its homogeneous space \(SU(1,1)/U(1)\), the unit disc. The aim of this paper is to define and study a two-parameter family of \(C^*\)-algebras \(C_{\mu,q}(\overline U)\), \(0\leq\mu<1\), \(0<q\leq 1\), \((\mu,q)\neq(0,1)\), which are noncommutative deformations of a family of Poisson structures on \(U\). The definition follows the usual procedure, the objects being the universal enveloping of an algebra given in terms of generators and relations. Namely, for \((\mu,q)\neq 0\), let \({\mathcal P}_{\mu,q}\) denote the unital algebra generated by two elements \(z\) and \(\overline z\), with the following relation: \(qz\overline z-\overline zz=q-I+\mu(I-z\overline z)\) \((I-\overline zz)\); let also \({\mathcal H}\) be a Hilbert space and let \(\pi:{\mathcal P}_{\mu,q}\to{\mathcal L}({\mathcal H})\) be a representation of \({\mathcal P}_{\mu,q}\) by bounded linear operators in \({\mathcal H}\). If \(\pi\) is a \(*\)-representation, that is if \(\pi(\overline z)=\pi(z)^*\), then, for \(u\in{\mathcal P}_{\mu,q}\), let \(\| u\|:=\sup_ \pi\|\pi(u)\|\), where the supremum is taken over all \(*\)- representations of \({\mathcal P}_{\mu,q}\). The authors prove that \(u<\infty\) and consider \({\mathcal N}=\bigl\{u\in{\mathcal P}_{\mu,q}:\| u\|=0\bigr\}\), the null-ideal in \({\mathcal P}_{\mu,q}\). So, \(C_{\mu,q}(\overline U)\) is defined as the completion of \({\mathcal P}_{\mu,q}/{\mathcal N}\) in the norm obtained as the projection of the above defined \(\|\;\|\). By construction, \(C_{\mu,q}(\overline U)\) is a unital \(C^*\)-algebra. Moreover, they are not isomorphic for different values of the parameters \((\mu,q)\) and fall into three distinct categories on whether \(\mu<1-q\), \(\mu=1-q\), or \(\mu>1-q\), this being related to the fact that all \(SU(1,1)\)-covariant Poisson structures on \(U\) can be subdivided into three classes with different symplectic leaf structures. Irreducible \(*\)-representations of \(C_{\mu,q}(\overline U)\) are classified and the authors show that they fall into two categories: one-dimensional and infinite-dimensional. All the infinite-dimensional representations are generated by hyponormal weighted shift operators which admit, in almost all cases, a Bergman space representation. For each \((\mu,q)\), a probability measure \(d\mu\) on a subset \(D\) of \(U\) is constructed and the Hilbert space \({\mathcal H}(D,d\mu)\) of holomorphic functions square integrable with respect to \(d\mu\) is considered. The associated Bergman kernels can be expressed in terms of certain functions of \(q\)-analysis, so that \(C_{\mu,q}(\overline U)\) is represented as the \(C^*\)-algebra generated by the Toeplitz operators on \({\mathcal H}(D,d\mu)\) with symbols in \(C(\overline D)\). In the last section of the paper some open questions are discussed and, finally, in the Appendix, certain facts on the structure of \(C\)-algebras generated by weighted shifts are reviewed.