In mathematics, a quantum or quantized enveloping algebra is a q-analog of a universal enveloping algebra.
, the quantum enveloping algebra is typically denoted as
The notation was introduced by Drinfeld and independently by Jimbo.
limit led to the discovery of crystal bases.
Michio Jimbo considered the algebras with three generators related by the three commutators When
, these reduce to the commutators that define the special linear Lie algebra
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