## Crystalizing the q-analogue of universal enveloping algebras.(English)Zbl 0724.17009

Let $$U_ q$$ denote the quantized enveloping algebra over $${\mathbb{Q}}(q)$$ associated to a symmetrizable Kac-Moody algebra $${\mathfrak g}$$. For any integrable $$U_ q$$-module M the author defines a crystal base for M to be a pair (L,B) consisting of a lattice L of M and a $${\mathbb{Q}}$$-basis B of L/qL with certain nice properties. In the paper under review the author proves the existence and uniqueness of crystal bases for the case where $${\mathfrak g}$$ is a finite dimensional classical Lie algebra, and in the paper reviewed above he announces the extension to the general case [see also Preprint 728, Res. Inst. Math. Sci., Kyoto Univ. for details and proofs)].
G. Lusztig has constructed a so-called canonical basis for the $$+$$ part of $$U_ q$$ (for types A, D and E), see [J. Am. Math. Soc. 3, 447- 498 (1990; Zbl 0703.17008) and Prog. Theor. Phys. Suppl. 102, 175-201 (1990)]. On the irreducible integrable highest weight modules the two constructions lead to the same bases.

### MSC:

 17B37 Quantum groups (quantized enveloping algebras) and related deformations 16W30 Hopf algebras (associative rings and algebras) (MSC2000)

### Citations:

Zbl 0724.17008; Zbl 0703.17008
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