Quantum groups

Quantum groups are a class of mathematical structures that arise in the study of quantum mechanics and representation theory, particularly in the context of non-commutative geometry. They were introduced in the late 1980s by mathematicians such as Vladimir Drinfeld and Michio Jimbo. At their core, quantum groups are algebraic structures that generalize certain concepts from the theory of groups and are defined in a way that incorporates the principles of quantum physics.