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The centralizer construction and Yangian-type algebras

Representation Theory 2024-05-08 v3 Mathematical Physics math.MP Quantum Algebra Rings and Algebras

Abstract

Let dd be a positive integer. The Yangian Yd=Y(gl(d,C))Y_d=Y(\mathfrak{gl}(d,\mathbb C)) of the general linear Lie algebra gl(d,C)\mathfrak{gl}(d,\mathbb C) has countably many generators and quadratic-linear defining relations, which can be packed into a single matrix relation using the Yang matrix -- the famous RTT presentation. Alternatively, YdY_d can be built from certain centralizer subalgebras of the universal enveloping algebras U(gl(N,C))U(\mathfrak{gl}(N,\mathbb C)), with the use of a limit transition as NN\to\infty. This approach is called the \emph{centralizer construction}. The paper shows that a generalization of the centralizer construction leads to a new family {Yd,L:L=1,2,3,}\{Y_{d,L}: L=1,2,3,\dots\} of Yangian-type algebras (the Yangian YdY_d being the first term of this family). For the new algebras, the RTT presentation seems to be missing, but a number of properties of the Yangian YdY_d persist. In particular, Yd,LY_{d,L} possesses a system of quadratic-linear defining relations. The algebras Yd,LY_{d,L} (d=1,2,3,d=1,2,3,\dots) provide a kind of quantization for a special double Poisson bracket (in the sense of Van den Bergh) on the free associative algebra with LL generators.

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@article{arxiv.2208.04809,
  title  = {The centralizer construction and Yangian-type algebras},
  author = {Grigori Olshanski},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2208.04809},
  year   = {2024}
}

Comments

v2: Introduction rewritten; some changes in the body of the text. v3: Lemma 7.1 strengthened; changes in introduction; references to arXiv:2308.13325 and arXiv:2310.01086 added

R2 v1 2026-06-25T01:35:58.519Z