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Mixed relations, local nilpotence and weights give the integrable quantum action
Statement
Let be a label-weight-graded -vector space with toral operators () acting on by , and operators of weights mapping to and . Assume the toral conjugation and mixed relations, and local nilpotence of each and ; vectors have finite label support. Then these operators uniquely define an integrable type-one -module structure on for EVERY real symmetrizable Cartan datum. Every vector has a finite rank-one orbit and the admissible Kashiwara -string decomposition applies. Finite weight spaces do not imply finite-dimensional full- orbits; no such conclusion is asserted.
Facts & Assumptions
Given: A symmetrizable Cartan datum with , over , and a label-graded space with operators (), , satisfying:
(toral and toral conjugation) , , acts on by , and ; write , so acts on by with .
(mixed relations) for all ; in particular for .
(local nilpotence) for every and every there are with ; every vector is a finite sum of label components.
In the displayed toral, toral-action, mixed and Serre relations hold, and a linear map on the generators satisfying all of them extends uniquely to a -module structure (The Drinfeld-Jimbo quantized enveloping algebra by generators and relations, Symmetrizable Cartan data for quantum groups, A ring homomorphism whose kernel contains a two-sided ideal factors uniquely through the quotient ring).
and for , and exactly when , because is transcendental over (Quantum integers, factorials, Gaussian binomials and divided powers at ).
In the rank-one algebra generated by , with , one has for , and , (Divided-power commutation and the simple string modules, parts (i) and (ii)).
The Gaussian quotients satisfy the Pascal recurrence with outside (The quantum Pascal recurrences, the Gauss product formula and Gaussian integrality).
Once is a chosen -graded type-one quantum weight module on which and are locally nilpotent, the -string decomposition theorem applies to (Uniqueness of the -string decomposition of an integrable module, Quantum weight modules, weights in , and integrability).
Proof
Finite rank-one orbits. Fix and . Then is a finite-dimensional -stable subspace, where is the algebra generated by : the toral operator acts diagonally on the finitely many nonzero label components of , so the vectors span a finite-dimensional subspace; by [A3] there is with for ; the mixed relation of [A2] rewrites any word in as a linear combination of words with coefficients in the algebra generated by ; and one may choose finitely many spanning the toral orbit and use local nilpotence of on their finitely many -images to bound . The span of the resulting finite set is stable under .
The second finite module. Fix and set . Since is finite-dimensional, step 1.1 applied to each of the finitely many vectors exhibits as a finite union of finite-dimensional -stable subspaces; hence is a finite-dimensional -stable subspace of containing .
The rank-one adjoint module. On the finite-dimensional space define operators by , and . Substituting these formulas, using , and on , gives , and . Thus these formulas give a rank-one module directly. Moreover is diagonalizable because acts diagonally on and , and are locally nilpotent: raises and lowers the -weight by , the weights of form a finite set, and decomposing any into weight components each orbit is supported on distinct weights and hence terminates.
is a highest vector of weight . Since , the restriction lies in . By [A2], for , so ; and by [A1], , because . Put , the off-diagonal Cartan entries being nonpositive. Thus is annihilated by and has -weight with .
The rank-one string bound. Assume . In the rank-one module of steps 3.1-4.1 let be minimal with ; it exists by the local nilpotence of step 3.1. For the divided-power formula of [F3] gives , and acts on by the scalar , by summing the two geometric progressions. Taking and using together with gives , hence by [F2], that is ; therefore .
The Serre sum. By induction on , using and the Pascal recurrence of [F4], the powers of the adjoint action expand as : the case is clear, and applying to the formula for , conjugating and comparing the coefficient of uses exactly , the second form of [F4]. At every Laurent exponent is zero, so step 5.1 gives on . Since every lies in such a by step 1.1, the negative Serre relation holds as an operator on all of .
The positive Serre relation. Put , and for all and . The primed data again satisfies the toral, toral-action, mixed and local-nilpotence hypotheses [A1]-[A3]: for instance , while . Applying steps 1.1-6.1 to the primed data gives on , which is the positive Serre relation for the original data.
Conclusion. By [A1]-[A3] the operators satisfy all the defining relations of : the toral and toral-action relations, the mixed commutators, and both Serre families by steps 6.1 and 7.1. Hence the universal property [F1] equips with a -module structure; it is unique because is generated by these operators, and it is a chosen -graded type-one weight module by construction. Local nilpotence is exactly [A3], so the module is integrable, and by [F5] the admissible -string decomposition applies to every vector; step 1.1 supplies the finite rank-one orbit. No finite-dimensionality of the full weight spaces is asserted or used.
Depends on
- The Drinfeld-Jimbo quantized enveloping algebra by generators and relations
- Quantum weight modules, weights in $P$, and integrability
- Symmetrizable Cartan data for quantum groups
- Quantum integers, factorials, Gaussian binomials and divided powers at $q_i$
- Divided-power commutation and the simple $U_{q_i}(\mathfrak{sl}_2)$ string modules
- The quantum Pascal recurrences, the Gauss product formula and Gaussian integrality
- Uniqueness of the $i$-string decomposition of an integrable module
- A ring homomorphism whose kernel contains a two-sided ideal factors uniquely through the quotient ring
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Sources
- Seok-Jin Kang and Masaki Kashiwara, Categorification of Highest Weight Modules via Khovanov-Lauda-Rouquier Algebras, arXiv:1102.4677v4 (standard reference, not scraped)
- Masaki Kashiwara, On crystal bases of the q-analogue of universal enveloping algebras, Duke Math. J. 63 (1991) 465-516 (standard reference, not scraped)
- Kashiwara, Miwa, Petersen and Yung, Perfect crystals and q-deformed Fock spaces, arXiv:q-alg/9603025 (standard reference, not scraped)