Compact quantum group

In mathematics, a compact quantum group is an abstract structure on a unital separable C*-algebra axiomatized from those that exist on the commutative C*-algebra of "continuous complex-valued functions" on a compact quantum group.

The basic motivation for this theory comes from the following analogy. The space of complex-valued functions on a compact Hausdorff topological space forms a commutative C*-algebra. On the other hand, by the Gelfand Theorem, a commutative C*-algebra is isomorphic to the C*-algebra of continuous complex-valued functions on a compact Hausdorff topological space, and the topological space is uniquely determined by the C*-algebra up to homeomorphism.

S. L. Woronowicz introduced the important concept of compact matrix quantum groups, which he initially called compact pseudogroups. Compact matrix quantum groups are abstract structures on which the "continuous functions" on the structure are given by elements of a C*-algebra. The geometry of a compact matrix quantum group is a special case of a noncommutative geometry.

Formulation

For a compact topological group, $G$, there exists a C*-algebra homomorphism

$\Delta : C(G) \to C(G) \otimes C(G)$

where $C(G) \otimes C(G)$ is the minimal C*-algebra tensor product — the completion of the algebraic tensor product of $C(G)$ and $C(G)$) — such that

$\Delta(f)(x,y) = f(xy)$

for all $f \in C(G)$, and for all $x, y \in G$, where

$(f \otimes g)(x,y) = f(x) g(y)$

for all $f, g \in C(G)$ and all $x, y \in G$. There also exists a linear multiplicative mapping

$\kappa : C(G) \to C(G)$,

such that

$\kappa(f)(x) = f(x^{-1})$

for all $f \in C(G)$ and all $x \in G$. Strictly speaking, this does not make $C(G)$ into a Hopf algebra, unless $G$ is finite.

On the other hand, a finite-dimensional representation of G can be used to generate a *-subalgebra of $C(G)$ which is also a Hopf *-algebra. Specifically, if

$g \mapsto (u_{ij}(g))_{i,j}$

is an $n$-dimensional representation of $G$, then

$u_{ij} \in C(G)$

for all $i, j$, and

$\Delta(u_{ij}) = \sum_k u_{ik} \otimes u_{kj}$

for all $i, j$. It follows that the *-algebra generated by $u_{ij}$ for all $i, j$ and $\kappa(u_{ij})$ for all $i, j$ is a Hopf *-algebra: the counit is determined by

$\epsilon(u_{ij}) = \delta_{ij}$

for all $i, j$ (where $\delta_{ij}$ is the Kronecker delta), the antipode is $\kappa$, and the unit is given by

$1 = \sum_k u_{1k} \kappa(u_{k1}) = \sum_k \kappa(u_{1k}) u_{k1}.$

Compact Matrix Quantum Groups

As a generalization, a compact matrix quantum group is defined as a pair $(C,u)$, where $C$ is a C*-algebra and

$u = (u_{ij})_{i,j = 1,\dots,n}$

is a matrix with entries in $C$ such that

• The *-subalgebra, $C_0$, of $C$, which is generated by the matrix elements of $u$, is dense in $C$;

• There exists a C*-algebra homomorphism $\Delta : C \to C \otimes C$ (where $C \otimes C$ is the C*-algebra tensor product - the completion of the algebraic tensor product of $C$ and $C$) such that $\Delta(u_{ij}) = \sum_k u_{ik} \otimes u_{kj}$ for all $i, j$ ($\Delta$ is called the comultiplication);

• There exists a linear antimultiplicative map $\kappa : C_0 \to C_0$ (the coinverse) such that $\kappa(\kappa(v*)*) = v$ for all $v \in C_0$ and $\sum_k \kappa(u_{ik}) u_{kj} = \sum_k u_{ik} \kappa(u_{kj}) = \delta_{ij} I,$ where $I$ is the identity element of $C$. Since $\kappa$ is antimultiplicative, then $\kappa(vw) = \kappa(w) \kappa(v)$ for all $v, w \in C_0$.

As a consequence of continuity, the comultiplication on $C$ is coassociative.

In general, $C$ is a bialgebra, and $C_0$ is a Hopf *-algebra.

Informally, $C$ can be regarded as the *-algebra of continuous complex-valued functions over the compact matrix quantum group, and $u$ can be regarded as a finite-dimensional representation of the compact matrix quantum group.

Compact Quantum Groups

For C*-algebras $A$ and $B$ acting on the Hilbert spaces $H$ and $K$ respectively, their minimal tensor product is defined to be the norm completion of the algebraic tensor product $A \otimes B$ in $B(H \otimes K)$; the norm completion is also denoted by $A \otimes B$.

A compact quantum group is defined as a pair $(C,\Delta)$, where $C$ is a unital separable C*-algebra and

• $\Delta : C \to C \otimes C$ is a C*-algebra unital homomorphism satisfying $(\Delta \otimes id) \Delta = (id \otimes \Delta) \Delta$ ; such that

• the sets $\{ (C \otimes 1) \Delta(C) \}$ and $\{ (1 \otimes C) \Delta(C)\}$ are dense in $C \otimes C$.

Representations

A representation of the compact matrix quantum group is given by a corepresentation of the Hopf *-algebra (a corepresentation of a counital coassiative coalgebra $A$ is a square matrix

$v = (v_{ij})_{i,j = 1,\dots,n}$

with entries in $A$ (so $v \in M_n(A)$) such that

$\Delta(v_{ij}) = \sum_{k=1}^n v_{ik} \otimes v_{kj}$

for all $i, j$ and

$\epsilon(v_{ij}) = \delta_{ij}$ for all $i, j$). Furthermore, a representation, v, is called unitary if the matrix for v is unitary, or equivalently, if

$\kappa(v_{ij}) = v^*_{ji}$ for all i, j.

Example

An example of a compact matrix quantum group is $SU_{\mu}(2)$ , where the parameter $\mu$ is a positive real number. So $SU_{\mu}(2) = (C(SU_{\mu}(2),u)$, where $C(SU_{\mu}(2))$ is the C*-algebra generated by $\alpha$ and $\gamma$,subject to

$\gamma \gamma^* = \gamma^* \gamma, \ \alpha \gamma = \mu \gamma \alpha, \ \alpha \gamma^* = \mu \gamma^* \alpha, \ \alpha \alpha^* + \mu \gamma^* \gamma = \alpha^* \alpha + \mu^{-1} \gamma^* \gamma = I,$

and $u = \left( \begin{matrix} \alpha & \gamma \\ - \gamma^* & \alpha^* \end{matrix} \right),$ so that the comultiplication is determined by $\Delta(\alpha) = \alpha \otimes \alpha - \gamma \otimes \gamma^*$, $\Delta(\gamma) = \alpha \otimes \gamma + \gamma \otimes \alpha^*$, and the coinverse is determined by $\kappa(\alpha) = \alpha^*$, $\kappa(\gamma) = - \mu^{-1} \gamma$, $\kappa(\gamma^*) = - \mu \gamma^*$, $\kappa(\alpha^*) = \alpha$. Note that $u$ is a representation, but not a unitary representation. $u$ is equivalent to the unitary representation $v = \left( \begin{matrix} \alpha & \sqrt{\mu} \gamma \\ - \frac{1}{\sqrt{\mu}} \gamma^* & \alpha^* \end{matrix} \right).$

Equivalently, $SU_{\mu}(2) = (C(SU_{\mu}(2),w)$, where $C(SU_{\mu}(2))$ is the C*-algebra generated by $\alpha$ and $\beta$,subject to

$\beta \beta^* = \beta^* \beta, \ \alpha \beta = \mu \beta \alpha, \ \alpha \beta^* = \mu \beta^* \alpha, \ \alpha \alpha^* + \mu^2 \beta^* \beta = \alpha^* \alpha + \beta^* \beta = I,$

and $w = \left( \begin{matrix} \alpha & \mu \beta \\ - \beta^* & \alpha^* \end{matrix} \right),$ so that the comultiplication is determined by $\Delta(\alpha) = \alpha \otimes \alpha - \mu \beta \otimes \beta^*$, $\Delta(\beta) = \alpha \otimes \beta + \beta \otimes \alpha^*$, and the coinverse is determined by $\kappa(\alpha) = \alpha^*$, $\kappa(\beta) = - \mu^{-1} \beta$, $\kappa(\beta^*) = - \mu \beta^*$, $\kappa(\alpha^*) = \alpha$. Note that $w$ is a unitary representation. The realizations can be identified by equating $\gamma = \sqrt{\mu} \beta$.

When $\mu = 1$, then $SU_{\mu}(2)$ is equal to the concrete compact group $SU(2)$.