A new approach to the representation theory of semisimple Lie algebras and quantum algebras

DOI10.1007/BF02551396MaRDI QIDQ1592123zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors A. N. Leznov

Publication date 2000

Published in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/math-ph/9903031

zbMATH Keywords

defining relationsinfinitesimal generatorsquantum algebrasrank-two algebrassemisimple Lie algebrasWeyl formulas

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Representations of Lie algebras and Lie superalgebras, algebraic theory (weights) (17B10) Quantum groups (quantized enveloping algebras) and related deformations (17B37) Quantum chaos (81Q50)

Abstract: A method to construct in explicit form the generators of the simple roots of an arbitrary finite-dimensional representation of a quantum or standard semisimple algebra is found. The method is based on general results from the global theory of representations of semisimple groups. The rank two algebras $A_2$, $B_2=C_2$, $D_2$ and $G_2$ are considered as examples. The generators of the simple roots are presented as solutions of a system of finite difference equations and given in the form of $N_{l}imes{N}_l$ matrices, where $N_l$ is the dimension of the representation.

Review text

A new approach, as an alternative to the very well known Gelfand Tsetlin one, is proposed for explicitly constructing the infinitesimal generators in an arbitrary finite-dimensional representation of semisimple algebras and is extended to the case of related quantum algebras. As starting point, the famous Weyl formulas for the known dimensions \((r)\) and characters of irreducible representations of semisimple groups are used, introducing the explicit expressions for the simple root generators of both Lie and quantum semisimple algebras. These generators are found here as solutions of a system of finite-difference equations and are presented in the form of \(N_l\times N_l\)-matrices, where \(N_l\) is the dimension of the corresponding representation. The defining relations of a quantum algebra are rewritten in terms of only \(2r\) generators, instead of the \(3r\) generators used in the traditional approach. The proposed general construction is applied to the rank-two algebras, and as examples the explicit calculations for the algebras \(A_2\), \(B_2=C_2\) and \(G_2\) are realized in detail.

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