Lie Bi-Algebras on the Non-Commutative Torus

DOI10.1088/1751-8121/AC8A7CzbMATH Open1520.17030arXiv2106.11704MaRDI QIDQ6370946FDOQ6370946

Authors: Giovanni Landi, S. G. Rajeev 

Publication date: 22 June 2021

Abstract: Infinitesimal symmetries of a classical mechanical system are usually described by a Lie algebra acting on the phase space, preserving the Poisson brackets. We propose that a quantum analogue is the action of a Lie bi-algebra on the associative $*$-algebra of observables. The latter can be thought of as functions on some underlying non-commutative manifold. We illustrate this for the non-commutative torus $mathbb{T}_h^{2}eta$. The canonical trace defines a Manin triple from which a Lie bi-algebra can be constructed. In the special case of rational $heta=fracMN$ this Lie bi-algebra is $underlineGL(N)=underlineU(N)oplusunderlineB(N)$, corresponding to unitary and upper triangular matrices. The Lie bi-algebra has a remnant in the classical limit $Noinfty$: the elements of $underlineU(N)$ tend to real functions while $underlineB(N)$ tends to a space of complex analytic functions.

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Lie bialgebras; Lie coalgebras (17B62) Poisson algebras (17B63) Noncommutative differential geometry (46L87)

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