Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2007 iii Paper 2 4 a Solution Created 2026-10-03 Updated 2026-10-14
Use the quantum plane and the quantum enveloping algebra of sl2 comultiplication from Question 2. The generator actions are , , , , , . Extend them by the module algebra rulesThese descend to : and , while preserves . For the ordered monomial basis, induction with gives the quantum enveloping algebra action on the quantum planeTerms with a negative exponent have zero coefficients and are interpreted as zero.
We now verify the defining relations explicitly on every basis vector, rather than infer them merely from the generator actions. The weight changes by under and under , so and . AlsoThe middle identity follows by inserting and cancelling the terms and ; the remaining numerator is . Finally . Thus all the rank-one defining relations hold. The phrase “Serre relations” here refers to these rank-one presentation relations; there are no additional relations involving distinct simple roots for .