CLASSIFICATION-OF-IRREDUCIBLE-REPRESENTATIONS-OF-THE-q-DEFORMED-ALGEBRA-U′_q(so_n).pdfVIP

CLASSIFICATION OF IRREDUCIBLE REPRESENTATIONS OF THE q-DEFORMED ALGEBRA U′q (son) A. U. KLIMYK Bogolyubov Institute for Theoretical Physics Kiev 03143, Ukraine Abstract A classification of finite dimensional irreducible representations of the nonstandard q- ′ deformation U (so ) of the universal enveloping algebra U (so(n, C)) of the Lie algebra so(n, C) q n (which does not coincides with the Drinfeld–Jimbo quantized universal enveloping algebra U (so )) is given for the case when q is not a root of unity. It is shown that such represen- q n tations are exhausted by representations of the classical and nonclassical types. Examples of ′ ′ the algebras U (so ) and U (so ) are considered in detail. The notions of weights, highest q 3 q 4 weights, highest weight vectors are introduced. Raising and lowering operators for irreducible ′ finite dimensional representations of U (son) and explicit formulas for them are given. They q depend on a weight upon which they act. Sketch of proofs of the main assertions are given. 1 Introduction Quantum orthogonal groups, quantum Lorentz groups and their quantized universal enveloping algebras are of special interest for modern mathematics and physics. M. Jimbo [1] and V. Drinfeld [2] defined q-deforma