The R-matrix action of untwisted affine quantum groups at roots of 1

DOI10.1016/S0022-4049(99)00117-6zbMATH Open0977.17009arXivmath/9805009MaRDI QIDQ1840469FDOQ1840469

Authors: Fabio Gavarini 

Publication date: 22 January 2002

Published in: Journal of Pure and Applied Algebra (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Let $hatfrakg$ be an untwisted affine Kac-Moody algebra. The quantum group $U_h(hatfrakg)$ (over $mathbbC[[h]]$) is known to be a quasitriangular Hopf algebra: in particular, it has a universal $R$--matrix, which yields an $R$--matrix for each pair of representations of $U_h(hatfrakg)$. On the other hand, the quantum group $U_q(hatfrakg)$ (over $mathbbC(q)$) also has an $R$--matrix for each pair of representations, but it has not a universal $R$--matrix so that one cannot say that it is quasitriangular. Following Reshetikin, one introduces the (weaker) notion of braided Hopf algebra: then $U_q(hatfrakg)$ is a braided Hopf algebra. In this work we prove that also the unrestricted specializations of $U_q(hatfrakg)$ at roots of 1 are braided: in particular, specializing $q$ at 1 we have that the function algebra $$ of the Poisson proalgebraic group $hatH$ dual of $hatG$ (a Kac-Moody group with Lie algebra $hatfrakg,$) is braided. This is useful because, despite these specialized quantum groups are not quasitriangular, the braiding is enough for applications, mainly for producing knot invariants. As an example, the action of the $R$--matrix on (tensor products of) Verma modules can be specialized at odd roots of 1.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/math/9805009

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zbMATH Keywords

Verma module\(R\)-matrixKac-Moody algebraquantized universal enveloping algebrabraided Hopf algebraPoisson proalgebraic group

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantum groups (quantized enveloping algebras) and related deformations (17B37)

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