Quantum Boson Algebra and Poisson Geometry of the Flag Variety

arXiv1904.10141MaRDI QIDQ6317606FDOQ6317606

Authors: Y. Li 

Publication date: 23 April 2019

Abstract: In his work on crystal bases cite{Kas}, Kashiwara introduced a certain degeneration of the quantized universal enveloping algebra of a semi-simple Lie algebra $mathfrakg$, which he called a quantum boson algebra. In this paper, we construct Kashiwara operators associated to all positive roots and use them to define a variant of Kashiwara's quantum boson algebra. We show that a quasi-classical limit of the positive half of our variant is a Poisson algebra of the form $(PsimeqmathbbC[mathfrak{n}^{ast}],,{,}_P)$, where $mathfrakn$ is the positive part of $mathfrakg$ and ${,}_P$ is a Poisson bracket that has the same rank as, but is different from, the Kirillov-Kostant bracket ${,}_{KK}$ on $mathfrak{n}^{ast}$. Furthermore, we prove that, in the special case of type $A$, any linear combination $a_1{,}_P+a_2{,}_{KK}$, $a_1,a_{2}inmathbbC$, is again a Poisson bracket. In the general case, we establish an isomorphism of $P$ and the Poisson algebra of regular functions on the open Bruhat cell in the flag variety. In type $A$, we also construct a Casimir function on the open Bruhat cell, together with its quantization, which may be thought of as an analog of the linear function on $mathfrak{n}^{ast}$ defined by a root vector for the highest root.

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