Tridiagonal pairs and the quantum affine algebra U_q(sl₂).

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Abstract: Let K denote a field and let V denote a vector space over K with finite positive dimension. By definition a Leonard pair on V is a pair of linear transformations A:VoV and A:VoV that satisfy the following two conditions: (i) There exists a basis for V with respect to which the matrix representing A is irreducible tridiagonal and the matrix representing A is diagonal. (ii) There exists a basis for V with respect to which the matrix representing A is diagonal and the matrix representing A is irreducible tridiagonal. There is a correspondence between Leonard pairs and a family of orthogonal polynomials consisting of the q-Racah and some related polynomials of the Askey scheme. In this paper we discuss a mild generalization of a Leonard pair which we call a tridiagonal pair. We will show how certain tridiagonal pairs are associated with finite dimensional modules for the quantum affine algebra Uq(hatsl2).




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