On quantum Lie algebras and quantum root systems

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Abstract: As a natural generalization of ordinary Lie algebras we introduce the concept of quantum Lie algebras calLq(g). We define these in terms of certain adjoint submodules of quantized enveloping algebras Uq(g) endowed with a quantum Lie bracket given by the quantum adjoint action. The structure constants of these algebras depend on the quantum deformation parameter q and they go over into the usual Lie algebras when q=1. The notions of q-conjugation and q-linearity are introduced. q-linear analogues of the classical antipode and Cartan involution are defined and a generalised Killing form, q-linear in the first entry and linear in the second, is obtained. These structures allow the derivation of symmetries between the structure constants of quantum Lie algebras. The explicitly worked out examples of g=sl3 and so5 illustrate the results.









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