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In this note, we illustrate our recent results regarding structure theory of orthogonal Quantum Matrix algebras \cite{OP-BMW,OP-reciprocal,OP-ortho} using the simplest nontrivial example: the RTT-algebra associated with the canonical orthogonal R-matrix of type O(3)O(3) (see, e.g., \cite{FRT}). By introducing a suitable linear order on the set of generators, we obtain a set of quadratic relations defining the algebra. Next, we investigate relations among its higher-degree polynomials. As a result, we verify `in components' the Cayley-Hamilton and the reciprocal relations, obtained earlier with the use of the R-matrix techniques. We explicitly calculate the coefficients of the characteristic polynomials of quantum matrices and propose a conjecture regarding the form of the Hilbert-Poincaré series for the RTT-algebra.

To our friend Andrey Pogrebkov on the occasion of his 80th birthday

Introduction

The story of the noncommutative versions of the fundamental theorem of matrix algebra — the Cayley-Hamilton theorem — dates back to the early 1970s with the observation that the generators of the universal enveloping algebra U(g)U(g) arranged in matrices, satisfy a certain version of the characteristic identity. These results, first obtained at the level of representations [6, 7], subsequently received an abstract-algebraic interpretation [8] and were generalized to the case of Lie superalgebras (for a survey and list of references, see [9]).

With the discovery of quantum groups [10, 11, 5], the list of associative algebras generated by mutually non-commuting matrix components has expanded significantly. Examples of characteristic identities have been derived for quantized universal enveloping algebras [12, 13], for their dual algebras of quantized functions on Lie groups (so-called RTT-algebras) [14, 15, 16], and for Reflection Equation (RE-) algebras [17, 18].1

In [21], the Cayley-Hamilton theorem was proved in a unified manner for a family of RE-algebras defined by GL(n)GL(n)-type R-matrices. It turned out that the R-matrix techniques employed in [21] also yield structural results for RTT-algebras [22, 23, 24]. Subsequently, the Cayley-Hamilton theorem was generalized to a broader class of GL(n)GL(n) type Quantum Matrix (QM-) algebras that encompasses both RE- and RTT-algebras [25, 26]. To date, this line of research has also led to the construction of characteristic identities for families of QM-algebras of type GL(m∣n)GL(m|n) [27, 28]2 and for QM-algebras of symplectic Sp(2n)Sp(2n) and orthogonal O(n)O(n) types [1, 2, 3, 4].

Many other studies of characteristic identities and related issues in the context of quantum group theory have been limited to the canonical (Drinfeld-Jimbo’s) quantization of universal enveloping algebras and their dual RTT-algebras (see, e.g., [12, 17, 15, 16, 31, 32, 13, 33]). In these cases, known explicit relations for the algebra’s generators can be used to construct a linearly ordered basis for the space of polynomials in these generators, which can then be applied in further reasoning and calculations. This approach is well-suited for the case of general linear quantum (super)groups. However, in orthogonal quantum matrix algebras, the set of relations turns out to be redundant: in addition to ordering relations, it includes supplementary orthogonality conditions (see [5]). In such a situation, constructing a linear basis for a quantum matrix algebra and using it for calculations becomes problematic.

In this note, we consider the simplest non-trivial example of the orthogonal O(3)O(3) type RTT-algebra F(R)q,v\mathcal{F}(R)_{q,v}. The indices in the notation are explained by the definition of this algebra which employs a ‘twisted’ two-parameter generalization of the standard orthogonal R-matrix acting on the tensor square of the three-dimensional space. The R-matrix parameters are denoted by qq and vv; qq is responsible for the ‘quantization’, while vv arises when twisting the standard R-matrix.3

We establish a suitable linear order on the set of the algebra generators and explicitly write down the ordering and orthogonality relations for these generators. We then investigate the impact of the orthogonality conditions on the construction of a linear basis in F(R)q,v\mathcal{F}(R)_{q,v} and propose a formula for its Hilbert-Poincaré series. Using this linear basis, we re-verify – for the case of F(R)q,v\mathcal{F}(R)_{q,v} – the results previously obtained for the general case of the orthogonal QM-algebra using R-matrix techniques [3, 4]. Finally, we consider F(R)q,v\mathcal{F}(R)_{q,v} at the particular value of the twist parameter v=1v=1, at which two important elements of this algebra – gg and e3e_3 (see § 3) – called, respectively, the contraction and the 3-elementary sum become central. A quotient algebra Fq(O(3)):=Fq,v=1/⟨q2(n−1)g−1⟩\mathcal{F}_q(O(3)) := \mathcal{F}_{q,v=1}/\langle q^{2(n-1)}g-1\rangle can be viewed as a quantized algebra of functions on the orthogonal Lie group O(3)O(3). We construct a linear basis for this algebra and present its Hilbert-Poincaré series.

Summarizing our study of the algebra F(R)q,v\mathcal{F}(R)_{q,v}, we arrive at the following conclusions. Naturally, the use of a linear basis yields explicit formulas for important elements of the QM-algebra — the coefficients of the characteristic identity. However, as our simple example demonstrates, proving structural results using a linear basis turns out to be extremely laborious, not very clarifying, and unlikely to be feasible for a broad class of QM-algebras.

Multiparametric orthogonal R-matrices in dimension 3

In this preparatory Section, we have gathered the necessary information about a specific orthogonal O(3)O(3) type RR-matrix, which we will use later for the construction and study of the RTT-algebra. For the sake of completeness, we present expressions for multiparameter orthogonal RR-matrices of type O(n)O(n), nn arbitrary, in the Appendix.

The standard orthogonal R-matrix R∘∈Aut⁡(V⊗2)R^\circ\in\operatorname{Aut}(V^{\otimes2}), acting on the tensor square of the three-dimensional space VV, has the form [5]:

R∘=(q⋅⋅⋅⋅⋅⋅⋅⋅⋅l⋅1⋅⋅⋅⋅⋅⋅⋅l(1−1q)⋅−lq⋅1q⋅⋅⋅1⋅⋅⋅⋅⋅⋅⋅⋅⋅−lq⋅1⋅⋅⋅⋅⋅⋅⋅⋅⋅l⋅1⋅⋅⋅1q⋅⋅⋅⋅⋅⋅⋅⋅⋅⋅⋅1⋅⋅⋅⋅⋅⋅⋅⋅⋅⋅⋅q),λ:=q−q−1.R^\circ= \begin{pmatrix} q & \cdot& \cdot& \cdot& \cdot& \cdot& \cdot& \cdot& \cdot\\ \cdot& l & \cdot& 1 & \cdot& \cdot& \cdot& \cdot& \cdot\\ \cdot& \cdot& l(1-\frac{1}{q}) & \cdot& -\frac{l}{\sqrt{q}} & \cdot& \frac{1}{q} & \cdot& \cdot\\ \cdot& 1 & \cdot& \cdot& \cdot& \cdot& \cdot& \cdot& \cdot\\ \cdot& \cdot& -\frac{l}{\sqrt{q}} & \cdot& 1 & \cdot& \cdot& \cdot& \cdot\\ \cdot& \cdot& \cdot& \cdot& \cdot& l & \cdot& 1 & \cdot\\ \cdot& \cdot& \frac{1}{q} & \cdot& \cdot& \cdot& \cdot& \cdot& \cdot\\ \cdot& \cdot& \cdot& \cdot& \cdot& 1 & \cdot& \cdot& \cdot\\ \cdot& \cdot& \cdot& \cdot& \cdot& \cdot& \cdot& \cdot& q \end{pmatrix}, \qquad\lambda:= q-q^{-1}.

Here, dots mark the positions of the zero components of the R-matrix. In this note, we will use a ‘twisted’ version of this R-matrix equipped with two additional non-zero complex parameters uu and vv (2 is the maximal number of diagonal twisting parameters for the matrix R∘R^\circ):

R=(q⋅⋅⋅⋅⋅⋅⋅⋅⋅l⋅v⋅⋅⋅⋅⋅⋅⋅l(1−1q)⋅−luq⋅v2q⋅⋅⋅1v⋅⋅⋅⋅⋅⋅⋅⋅⋅−luvq⋅1⋅⋅⋅⋅⋅⋅⋅⋅⋅l⋅v⋅⋅⋅1qv2⋅⋅⋅⋅⋅⋅⋅⋅⋅⋅⋅1v⋅⋅⋅⋅⋅⋅⋅⋅⋅⋅⋅q).(1)R = \begin{pmatrix} q & \cdot& \cdot& \cdot& \cdot& \cdot& \cdot& \cdot& \cdot\\ \cdot& l & \cdot& v & \cdot& \cdot& \cdot& \cdot& \cdot\\ \cdot& \cdot& l(1-\frac{1}{q}) & \cdot& -\frac{lu}{\sqrt{q}} & \cdot& \frac{v^2}{q} & \cdot& \cdot\\ \cdot& \frac{1}{v} & \cdot& \cdot& \cdot& \cdot& \cdot& \cdot& \cdot\\ \cdot& \cdot& -\frac{l}{u v\sqrt{q}} & \cdot& 1 & \cdot& \cdot& \cdot& \cdot\\ \cdot& \cdot& \cdot& \cdot& \cdot& l & \cdot& v & \cdot\\ \cdot& \cdot& \frac{1}{qv^2} & \cdot& \cdot& \cdot& \cdot& \cdot& \cdot\\ \cdot& \cdot& \cdot& \cdot& \cdot& \frac{1}{v} & \cdot& \cdot& \cdot\\ \cdot& \cdot& \cdot& \cdot& \cdot& \cdot& \cdot& \cdot& q \end{pmatrix}. \tag*{(1)}

The parameter uu can be assigned an arbitrary non-zero value by means of a diagonal change of basis in the space VV; we will choose it in such a way as to avoid the appearance of square roots in the components of the R-matrix:

u=q.(2)u=\sqrt{q}. \tag*{(2)}

On the contrary, the parameter vv is essential in the sense that it cannot be altered by a change of basis; it is related to the simple R-matrix twist transformation (see [34, 35]). Unlike the purely gauge parameter uu, the parameter vv significantly affects the RTT-algebra associated with the R-matrix (1). We shall keep this parameter arbitrary until the last Section of the paper.

The R-matrix (1) satisfies the braid relation, also known as the constant Yang-Baxter equation

R1R2R1=R2R1R2.(3)R_{1}R_{2}R_{1}=R_{2}R_{1}R_{2}. \tag*{(3)}

Here, we have introduced the now-standard matrix notations R1=R⊗Id⁡VR_{1}=R\otimes\operatorname{Id}_{V} and R2=Id⁡V⊗RR_{2}=\operatorname{Id}_{V}\otimes R, where Id⁡V\operatorname{Id}_{V} is the identity operator on the space VV. More generally, with each X∈End⁡(V⊗2)X\in\operatorname{End}(V^{\otimes2}) one associates a sequence of operators

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