Representations of quantum affinizations and fusion product

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Abstract: In this paper we study general quantum affinizations Uq(hatGlie) of symmetrizable quantum Kac-Moody algebras and we develop their representation theory. We prove a triangular decomposition and we give a classication of (type 1) highest weight simple integrable representations analog to Drinfel'd-Chari-Pressley one. A generalization of the q-characters morphism, introduced by Frenkel-Reshetikhin for quantum affine algebras, appears to be a powerful tool for this investigation. For a large class of quantum affinizations (including quantum affine algebras and quantum toroidal algebras), the combinatorics of q-characters give a ring structure * on the Grothendieck group extRep(Uq(hatGlie)) of the integrable representations that we classified. We propose a new construction of tensor products in a larger category by using the Drinfel'd new coproduct (it can not directly be used for extRep(Uq(hatGlie)) because it involves infinite sums). In particular we prove that * is a fusion product (a product of representations is a representation).


The quantum affine algebras have two different realizations: the usual Drinfeld-Jimbo realization and an alternative realization via quantum affinization of quantum algebras of finite type. The quantum affinization process extends to all symmetrizable Kac-Moody algebras giving a new class of algebras, called quantum affinizations. In the paper under review the author studies general quantum affinizations and develops their representation theory. He constructs a triangular decomposition for such algebras and classifies the type 1 simple highest weight integrable representations. The central notion in the author's study is that of a \(q\)-character, defined representation-theoretically. The author shows that such character can be given a nice combinatorial description. Furthermore, the combinatorics of \(q\)-characters gives a ring structure on the Grothendieck group of certain integrable representations. Finally, it is shown that this ring structure corresponds to a certain fusion product.




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