Finite dimensional simple modules of \((Q\),\textbf{Q})-current algebras (Q827049)

In [Publ. Res. Inst. Math. Sci. 52, No. 4, 497--555 (2016; Zbl 1396.20053)] the second author introduced the so-called \((q, \mathbf{Q})\)-current algebra to study representation theory of cyclotomic \(q\)-Schur algebras. Here \(q\) is a nonzero complex number and \(\mathbf{Q} = (Q_1, Q_2, \cdots, Q_n)\) is a tuple of complex numbers. The present paper aims to classify finite-dimensional irreducible representations of the \((q, \mathbf{Q})\)-current algebra under the condition that \(q\) is not a root of unity. For this purpose, the authors make connections with the shifted quantum loop algebras of \textit{M. Finkelberg} and \textit{A. Tsymbaliuk} [Prog. Math. 330, 133--304 (2019; Zbl 1436.17021)]: \begin{itemize} \item The \((q, \mathbf{Q})\)-current algebra is a subalgebra of a dominantly shifted quantum loop algebra of type \(A_n\), with the shift determined by the tuple \(\mathbf{Q}\). It is also a subalgebra of the non-shifted quantum loop algebra \(U_q(L\mathfrak{sl}_{n+1})\). \end{itemize} Based on the coproducts for shifted quantum loop algebras, the authors reduce the classification problem to the rank-one case \(n = 1\). The main result of this paper can be stated as follows: \begin{itemize} \item Each finite-dimensional irreducible representation of the \((q, \mathbf{Q})\)-current algebra of \(\mathfrak{sl}_2\) is the restriction of a tensor product module \(D \otimes V\), where \(D\) is a one-dimensional module over a shifted quantum loop algebra, and \(V\) is a finite-dimensional irreducible \(U_q(L\mathfrak{sl}_2)\)-module. \end{itemize} Its proof is in the spirit of \textit{V. Chari} and \textit{A. Pressley} [Commun. Math. Phys. 142, No. 2, 261--283 (1991; Zbl 0739.17004)] on a similar classification problem for \(U_q(L\mathfrak{sl}_2)\). We remark that \(U_q(L\mathfrak{sl}_2)\) admits precisely two one-dimensional representations, while in the shifted case there exist infinitely many one-dimensional representations.