## Journal of Generalized Lie Theory and Applications

### On algebraic curves for commuting elements in q-Heisenberg algebras

#### Abstract

In the present article we continue investigating the algebraic dependence of commuting elements in $q$-deformed Heisenberg algebras. We provide a simple proof that the $0$-chain subalgebra is a maximal commutative subalgebra when $q$ is of free type and that it coincides with the centralizer (commutant) of any one of its elements different from the scalar multiples of the unity. We review the Burchnall-Chaundy-type construction for proving algebraic dependence and obtaining corresponding algebraic curves for commuting elements in the $q$-deformed Heisenberg algebra by computing a certain determinant with entries depending on two commuting variables and one of the generators. The coefficients in front of the powers of the generator in the expansion of the determinant are polynomials in the two variables defining some algebraic curves and annihilating the two commuting elements. We show that for the elements from the $0$-chain subalgebra exactly one algebraic curve arises in the expansion of the determinant. Finally, we present several examples of computation of such algebraic curves and also make some observations on the properties of these curves.

#### Article information

Source
J. Gen. Lie Theory Appl., Volume 3, Number 4 (2009), 321-328.

Dates
First available in Project Euclid: 6 August 2010

https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.jglta/1281106599

Digital Object Identifier
doi:10.4303/jglta/S090405

Mathematical Reviews number (MathSciNet)
MR2602994

Zentralblatt MATH identifier
1266.16039

#### Citation

Richter, Johan; Silvestrov, Sergei. On algebraic curves for commuting elements in q-Heisenberg algebras. J. Gen. Lie Theory Appl. 3 (2009), no. 4, 321--328. doi:10.4303/jglta/S090405. https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.jglta/1281106599

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