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Basic quantum algebra

Quantum Algebra 2025-07-16 v1 Rings and Algebras Representation Theory

Abstract

This is an introduction to quantum algebra, from a geometric perspective. The classical spaces XX, such as the Lie groups, homogeneous spaces, or more general manifolds, are described by various algebras AA, defined over various fields FF. These algebras AA satisfy a commutativity type condition, and the general idea is that of lifting this condition, and calling quantum spaces the underlying space-like objects XX. One problem comes from the fact that different fields FF lead, via different algebras AA, to different classes of quantum spaces XX. Our aim here is to identify and put at the center of the presentation those quantum spaces XX which do not depend on the choice of FF.

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@article{arxiv.2507.11459,
  title  = {Basic quantum algebra},
  author = {Teo Banica},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2507.11459},
  year   = {2025}
}

Comments

400 pages. arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:2312.12368, arXiv:2406.03664