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Two-Parameter Quantum Groups and Drinfel'd Doubles

Quantum Algebra 2007-05-23 v2 Mathematical Physics math.MP Rings and Algebras

Abstract

We investigate two-parameter quantum groups corresponding to the general linear and special linear Lie algebras gl_n and sl_n. We show that these quantum groups can be realized as Drinfel'd doubles of certain Hopf subalgebras with respect to Hopf pairings. Using the Hopf pairing, we construct a corresponding R-matrix and a quantum Casimir element. We discuss isomorphisms among these quantum groups and connections with multiparameter quantum groups.

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@article{arxiv.math/0011064,
  title  = {Two-Parameter Quantum Groups and Drinfel'd Doubles},
  author = {Georgia Benkart and Sarah Witherspoon},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0011064},
  year   = {2007}
}

Comments

26 pages, AMS-TeX. Paper rewritten, new material added, some results appear in "Representations of Two-Parameter Quantum Groups and Schur-Weyl Duality"