Locally compact quantum group

A locally compact quantum group is a relatively new C*-algebraic approach toward quantum groups that generalizes the Kac-algebra, compact-quantum-group and Hopf-algebra approaches. Earlier attempts at a unifying definition of quantum groups using, for example, multiplicative unitaries have enjoyed some success but have also encountered several technical problems.

One of the main features distinguishing this new approach from its predecessors is the axiomatic existence of left and right invariant weights. This gives a noncommutative analogue of left and right Haar measures on a locally compact Hausdorff group.

Definitions

Before we can even begin to properly define a locally compact quantum group, we first need to define a number of preliminary concepts and also state a few theorems.

Definition (weight). Let  A be a C*-algebra, and let  A_{\geq 0} denote the set of positive elements of  A . A weight on  A is a function  \phi: A_{\geq 0} \to [0,\infty] such that


Some notation for weights. Let  \phi be a weight on a C*-algebra  A . We use the following notation:


Types of weights. Let  \phi be a weight on a C*-algebra  A .


Definition (one-parameter group). Let  A be a C*-algebra. A one-parameter group on  A is a family  \alpha = (\alpha_{t})_{t \in \mathbb{R}} of *-automorphisms of  A that satisfies  \alpha_{s} \circ \alpha_{t} = \alpha_{s + t} for all  s,t \in \mathbb{R} . We say that  \alpha is norm-continuous if and only if for every  a \in A , the mapping  \mathbb{R} \to A defined by  t \mapsto {\alpha_{t}}(a) is continuous.


Definition (analytic extension of a one-parameter group). Given a norm-continuous one-parameter group  \alpha on a C*-algebra  A , we are going to define an analytic extension of  \alpha . For each  z \in \mathbb{C} , let

 I(z) := \{ y \in \mathbb{C} \mid |\Im(y)| \leq |\Im(z)| \} ,

which is a horizontal strip in the complex plane. We call a function  f: I(z) \to A norm-regular if and only if the following conditions hold:

Suppose now that  z \in \mathbb{C} \setminus \mathbb{R} , and let


D_{z} := \{ a \in A \mid \text{There exists a norm-regular} ~ f: I(z) \to A ~ \text{such that} ~ f(t) = {\alpha_{t}}(a) ~ \text{for all} ~ t \in \mathbb{R} \}.

Define  \alpha_{z}: D_{z} \to A by  {\alpha_{z}}(a) := f(z) . The function  f is uniquely determined (by the theory of complex-analytic functions), so  \alpha_{z} is well-defined indeed. The family  (\alpha_{z})_{z \in \mathbb{C}} is then called the analytic extension of  \alpha .


Theorem 1. The set  \cap_{z \in \mathbb{C}} D_{z} , called the set of analytic elements of  A , is a dense subset of  A .


Definition (K.M.S. weight). Let  A be a C*-algebra and  \phi: A_{\geq 0} \to [0,\infty] a weight on  A . We say that  \phi is a K.M.S. weight ('K.M.S.' stands for 'Kubo-Martin-Schwinger') on  A if and only if  \phi is a proper weight on  A and there exists a norm-continuous one-parameter group  (\sigma_{t})_{t \in \mathbb{R}} on  A such that


Theorem 2. If  A and  B are C*-algebras and  \pi: A \to M(B) is a non-degenerate *-homomorphism (i.e.,  \pi[A] B is a dense subset of  B ), then we can uniquely extend  \pi to a *-homomorphism  \overline{\pi}: M(A) \to M(B) .


Theorem 3. If  \omega: A \to \mathbb{C} is a state (i.e., a positive linear functional of norm  1 ) on  A , then we can uniquely extend  \omega to a state  \overline{\omega}: M(A) \to \mathbb{C} on  M(A) .


Definition (Locally compact quantum group). A (C*-algebraic) locally compact quantum group is an ordered pair  \mathcal{G} = (A,\Delta) , where  A is a C*-algebra and  \Delta: A \to M(A \otimes A) is a non-degenerate *-homomorphism called the co-multiplication, that satisfies the following four conditions:

From the definition of a locally compact quantum group, it can be shown that the right-invariant K.M.S. weight  \psi is automatically faithful. Therefore, the faithfulness of  \psi is a redundant condition and does not need to be postulated.

Duality

The category of locally compact quantum groups allows for a dual construction with which one can prove that the bi-dual of a locally compact quantum group is isomorphic to the original one. This result gives a far-reaching generalization of Pontryagin duality for locally compact Hausdorff abelian groups.

Alternative Formulations

The theory has an equivalent formulation in terms of von Neumann algebras.

References

See also

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