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$$q$$-deformation of the Lorentz group. (English) Zbl 0863.17010
The author studies the $$q$$-deformation of the Lorentz group by $$q$$-deforming its two-dimensional representation. His approach is via the spinor algebra of van der Waerden for the Lorentz group. Further he proposes a $$q$$-analogue of Penrose’s decomposition of a reducible representation of the Lorentz group into irreducibles.

##### MSC:
 17B37 Quantum groups (quantized enveloping algebras) and related deformations 81R50 Quantum groups and related algebraic methods applied to problems in quantum theory
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