Representations of quantum groups at roots of unity, Whittaker vectors and q-W algebras

Abstract: Let

U_{v} a r e p s i l o n (m a t h f r a k g)

be the standard simply connected version of the Drinfeld-Jumbo quantum group at an odd primitive m-th root of unity

v a r e p s i l o n

. The center of

U_{v} a r e p s i l o n (m a t h f r a k g)

contains a huge commutative subalgebra isomorphic to the algebra

Z_{G}

of regular functions on (a finite covering of a big cell in) a complex connected, simply connected algebraic group

G

with Lie algebra

m a t h f r a k g

. Let

V

be a finite-dimensional representation of

U_{v} a r e p s i l o n (m a t h f r a k g)

on which

Z_{G}

acts according to a non-trivial character

e t a_{g}

given by evaluation of regular functions at

g i n G

. Then

V

is a representation of the finite-dimensional algebra

U_{e t a_{g}} = U_{v} a r e p s i l o n (m a t h f r a k g) / U_{v} a r e p s i l o n (m a t h f r a k g) m K e r e t a_{g}

. We show that in this case, under certain restrictions on

m

,

U_{e t a_{g}}

contains a subalgebra

U_{e t a_{g}} ({m a t h f r a k m}_{-})

of dimension

m^{f r a c 12 m d i m m a t h c a l O}

, where

m a t h c a l O

is the conjugacy class of

g

, and

U_{e t a_{g}} ({m a t h f r a k m}_{-})

has a one-dimensional representation

m a t h b b C_{c h i_{g}}

. We also prove that if

V

is not trivial then the space of Whittaker vectors

{m H o m}_{U_{e t a_{g}} ({m a t h f r a k m}_{-})} (m a t h b b C_{c h i_{g}}, V)

is not trivial and the algebra

W_{e t a_{g}} = {m E n d}_{U_{e t a_{g}}} (U_{e t a_{g}} o t i m e s_{U_{e t a_{g}} ({m a t h f r a k m}_{-})} m a t h b b C_{c h i_{g}})

naturally acts on it which gives rise to a Schur-type duality between representations of the algebra

U_{e t a_{g}}

and of the algebra

W_{e t a_{g}}

called a q-W algebra.

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