Vertex operators and principal subspaces of level one for U_q(sl₂)

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Abstract: We consider two different methods of associating vertex algebraic structures with the level 1 principal subspaces for Uq(widehatmathfraksl2). In the first approach, we introduce certain commutative operators and study the corresponding vertex algebra and its module. We find combinatorial bases for these objects and show that they coincide with the principal subspace bases found by B. L. Feigin and A. V. Stoyanovsky. In the second approach, we introduce the, so-called nonlocal underlinemathsfq-vertex algebras, investigate their properties and construct the nonlocal underlinemathsfq-vertex algebra and its module, generated by Frenkel-Jing operator and Koyama's operator respectively. By finding the combinatorial bases of their suitably defined subspaces, we establish a connection with the sum sides of the Rogers-Ramanujan identities. Finally, we discuss further applications to quantum quasi-particle relations.


Principal subspaces of some affine Lie algebra modules were studied by several authors and used to compute character formulas related to Rogers-Ramanujan-type identities. In a previous work the author of the paper under review investigated the analogous notion for the quantum affine algebra \(U_q(\widehat{\mathfrak{sl}}_{n+1})\) using certain vertex operator found by Y. Koyama. These relations lacked a vertex algebraic interpretation.NEWLINENEWLINEThis is provided in the present paper in two different ways. First, recalling elements of quantum calculus, the author recalls the Frenkel-Jing representations of \(U_q(\widehat{\mathfrak{sl}}_{2})\) and, via operators \(\hat{x}(z)\) and \(\hat{\mathcal{Y}}(z)\), he provides bases for principal subspaces \(W(\Lambda_0)\) and \(W(\Lambda_1)\). Next, he defines a vertex algebra \(W_0\) and a module for it \(W_1\). Through the use of a new concept of nonlocal \(\underline{q}\)-vertex algebras he also gives basis for two appropriate subspaces \(W_{0,\underline{q}}\) and \(W_{1,\underline{q}}\). Although, described by different conditions on the monomial indices, these bases all correspond to the sum sides of the classic Rogers-Ramanujan identities as is shown by using appropriate diagrams and an explicit bijection.



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