<p>Let <span class="SimpleMath">\(v\)</span> be an indeterminate over <span class="SimpleMath">\(\mathbb{Q}\)</span>. For a positive integer <span class="SimpleMath">\(n\)</span> we set</p>
<p>We say that <span class="SimpleMath">\([n]\)</span> is the <em> Gaussian integer </em> corresponding to <span class="SimpleMath">\(n\)</span>. The <em> Gaussian factorial </em> <span class="SimpleMath">\([n]!\)</span> is defined by</p>
<p>Let <span class="SimpleMath">\(\mathfrak{g}\)</span> be a semisimple Lie algebra with root system <span class="SimpleMath">\(\Phi\)</span>. By <span class="SimpleMath">\(\Delta=\{\alpha_1,\ldots, \alpha_l \}\)</span> we denote a fixed simple system of <span class="SimpleMath">\(\Phi\)</span>. Let <span class="SimpleMath">\(C=(C_{ij})\)</span> be the Cartan matrix of <span class="SimpleMath">\(\Phi\)</span> (with respect to <span class="SimpleMath">\(\Delta\)</span>, i.e., <span class="SimpleMath">\( C_{ij} = \langle \alpha_i, \alpha_j^{\vee} \rangle\)</span>). Let <span class="SimpleMath">\(d_1,\ldots, d_l\)</span> be the unique sequence of positive integers with greatest common divisor <span class="SimpleMath">\(1\)</span>, such that <span class="SimpleMath">\( d_i C_{ji} = d_j C_{ij} \)</span>, and set <span class="SimpleMath">\( (\alpha_i,\alpha_j) = d_j C_{ij} \)</span>. (We note that this implies that <span class="SimpleMath">\((\alpha_i,\alpha_i)\)</span> is divisible by <span class="SimpleMath">\(2\)</span>.) By <span class="SimpleMath">\(P\)</span> we denote the weight lattice, and we extend the form <span class="SimpleMath">\((~,~)\)</span> to <span class="SimpleMath">\(P\)</span> by bilinearity.</p>
<p>By <span class="SimpleMath">\(W(\Phi)\)</span> we denote the Weyl group of <span class="SimpleMath">\(\Phi\)</span>. It is generated by the simple reflections <span class="SimpleMath">\(s_i=s_{\alpha_i}\)</span> for <span class="SimpleMath">\(1\leq i\leq l\)</span> (where <span class="SimpleMath">\(s_{\alpha}\)</span> is defined by <span class="SimpleMath">\(s_{\alpha}(\beta) = \beta - \langle\beta, \alpha^{\vee}\rangle \alpha\)</span>).</p>
<p>We work over the field <span class="SimpleMath">\(\mathbb{Q}(q)\)</span>. For <span class="SimpleMath">\(\alpha\in\Phi \)</span> we set</p>
<p>and for a non-negative integer <span class="SimpleMath">\(n\)</span>, <span class="SimpleMath">\([n]_{\alpha}= [n]_{v=q_{\alpha}}\)</span>; <span class="SimpleMath">\([n]_{\alpha}!\)</span> and <span class="SimpleMath">\(\begin{bmatrix} n \\ k \end{bmatrix}_{\alpha}\)</span> are defined analogously.</p>
<p>The quantized enveloping algebra <span class="SimpleMath">\(U_q(\mathfrak{g})\)</span> is the associative algebra (with one) over <span class="SimpleMath">\(\mathbb{Q}(q)\)</span> generated by <span class="SimpleMath">\(F_{\alpha}\)</span>, <span class="SimpleMath">\(K_{\alpha}\)</span>, <span class="SimpleMath">\(K_{\alpha}^{-1}\)</span>, <span class="SimpleMath">\(E_{\alpha}\)</span> for <span class="SimpleMath">\(\alpha\in\Delta\)</span>, subject to the following relations</p>
<p>The quantized enveloping algebra has an automorphism <span class="SimpleMath">\(\omega\)</span> defined by <span class="SimpleMath">\(\omega( F_{\alpha} ) = E_{\alpha}\)</span>, <span class="SimpleMath">\(\omega(E_{\alpha})= F_{\alpha}\)</span> and <span class="SimpleMath">\(\omega(K_{\alpha})=K_{\alpha}^{-1}\)</span>. Also there is an anti-automorphism <span class="SimpleMath">\(\tau\)</span> defined by <span class="SimpleMath">\(\tau(F_{\alpha})=F_{\alpha}\)</span>, <span class="SimpleMath">\(\tau(E_{\alpha})= E_{\alpha}\)</span> and <span class="SimpleMath">\(\tau(K_{\alpha})=K_{\alpha}^{-1}\)</span>. We have <span class="SimpleMath">\(\omega^2=1\)</span> and <span class="SimpleMath">\(\tau^2=1\)</span>.</p>
<p>If the Dynkin diagram of <span class="SimpleMath">\(\Phi\)</span> admits a diagram automorphism <span class="SimpleMath">\(\pi\)</span>, then <span class="SimpleMath">\(\pi\)</span> induces an automorphism of <span class="SimpleMath">\(U_q(\mathfrak{g})\)</span> in the obvious way (<span class="SimpleMath">\(\pi\)</span> is a permutation of the simple roots; we permute the <spanclass="SimpleMath">\(F_{\alpha}\)</span>, <span class="SimpleMath">\(E_{\alpha}\)</span>, <span class="SimpleMath">\(K_{\alpha}^{\pm 1}\)</span> accordingly).</p>
<p>Now we view <span class="SimpleMath">\(U_q(\mathfrak{g})\)</span> as an algebra over <span class="SimpleMath">\(\mathbb{Q}\)</span>, and we let <span class="SimpleMath">\(\overline{\phantom{A}} : U_q(\mathfrak{g})\to U_q(\mathfrak{g})\)</span> be the automorphism defined by <span class="SimpleMath">\(\overline{F_{\alpha}}=F_{\alpha}\)</span>, <span class="SimpleMath">\(\overline{K_{\alpha}}= K_{\alpha}^{-1}\)</span>, <span class="SimpleMath">\(\overline{E_{\alpha}}=E_{\alpha}\)</span>, <span class="SimpleMath">\(\overline{q}=q^{-1}\)</span>.</p>
<h4>2.3 <span class="Heading">Representations of <span class="SimpleMath">\(U_q(\mathfrak{g})\)</span> </span></h4>
<p>Let <span class="SimpleMath">\(\lambda\in P\)</span> be a dominant weight. Then there is a unique irreducible highest-weight module over <span class="SimpleMath">\(U_q(\mathfrak{g})\)</span> with highest weight <span class="SimpleMath">\(\lambda\)</span>. We denote it by <span class="SimpleMath">\(V(\lambda)\)</span>. It has the same character as the irreducible highest-weight module over <span class="SimpleMath">\(\mathfrak{g}\)</span> with highest weight <span class="SimpleMath">\(\lambda\)</span>. Furthermore, every finite-dimensional <span class="SimpleMath">\(U_q(\mathfrak{g})\)</span>-module is a direct sum of irreducible highest-weight modules.</p>
<p>It is well-known that <span class="SimpleMath">\(U_q(\mathfrak{g})\)</span> is a Hopf algebra. The comultiplication <span class="SimpleMath">\(\Delta : U_q(\mathfrak{g})\to U_q(\mathfrak{g}) \otimes U_q(\mathfrak{g})\)</span> is defined by</p>
<p>(Note that we use the same symbol to denote a simple system of <span class="SimpleMath">\(\Phi\)</span>; of course this does not cause confusion.) The counit <span class="SimpleMath">\(\varepsilon : U_q(\mathfrak{g}) \to \mathbb{Q}(q)\)</span> is a homomorphism defined by <span class="SimpleMath">\(\varepsilon(E_{\alpha})=\varepsilon(F_{\alpha})=0\)</span>, <span class="SimpleMath">\(\varepsilon( K_{\alpha}) =1\)</span>. Finally, the antipode <span class="SimpleMath">\(S: U_q(\mathfrak{g})\to U_q(\mathfrak{g})\)</span> is an anti-automorphism given by <span class="SimpleMath">\(S(E_{\alpha})=-K_{\alpha}^{-1}E_{\alpha}\)</span>, <span class="SimpleMath">\(S(F_{\alpha})=-F_{\alpha} K_{\alpha}\)</span>, <span class="SimpleMath">\(S(K_{\alpha})=K_{\alpha}^{-1}\)</span>.</p>
<p>Using <span class="SimpleMath">\(\Delta\)</span> we can make the tensor product <span class="SimpleMath">\(V\otimes W\)</span> of two <span class="SimpleMath">\(U_q(\mathfrak{g})\)</span>-modules <span class="SimpleMath">\(V,W\)</span> into a <span class="SimpleMath">\(U_q(\mathfrak{g})\)</span>-module. The counit <span class="SimpleMath">\(\varepsilon\)</span> yields a trivial <span class="SimpleMath">\(1\)</span>-dimensional <span class="SimpleMath">\(U_q(\mathfrak{g})\)</span>-module. And with <span class="SimpleMath">\(S\)</span> we can define a <span class="SimpleMath">\(U_q(\mathfrak{g})\)</span>-module structure on the dual <span class="SimpleMath">\(V^*\)</span> of a <span class="SimpleMath">\(U_q(\mathfrak{g})\)</span>-module <span class="SimpleMath">\(V\)</span>, by <span class="SimpleMath">\((u\cdot f)(v) = f(S(u)\cdot v )\)</span>.</p>
<p>The Hopf algebra structure given above is not the only one possible. For example, we can twist <span class="SimpleMath">\(\Delta,\varepsilon,S\)</span> by an automorphism, or an anti-automorphism <span class="SimpleMath">\(f\)</span>. The twisted comultiplication is given by</p>
<p class="center">\[\Delta^f = f\otimes f \circ\Delta\circ f^{-1}.\]</p>
<p>The twisted antipode by</p>
<p class="center">\[ S^f = \begin{cases} f\circ S\circ f^{-1} & \text{ if }f\text{ is an
automorphism}\\ f\circ S^{-1}\circ f^{-1}
& \text{ if }f\text{ is an anti-automorphism.}\end{cases}\]</p>
<p>And the twisted counit by <span class="SimpleMath">\(\varepsilon^f = \varepsilon\circ f^{-1}\)</span> (see <a href="chapBib_mj.html#biBJ96">[Jan96]</a>, 3.8).</p>
<p>The first problem one has to deal with when working with <span class="SimpleMath">\(U_q(\mathfrak{g})\)</span> is finding a basis of it, along with an algorithm for expressing the product of two basis elements as a linear combination of basis elements. First of all we have that <span class="SimpleMath">\(U_q(\mathfrak{g})\cong U^-\otimes U^0\otimes U^+\)</span> (as vector spaces), where <span class="SimpleMath">\(U^-\)</span> is the subalgebra generated by the <span class="SimpleMath">\(F_{\alpha}\)</span>, <span class="SimpleMath">\(U^0\)</span> is the subalgebra generated by the <span class="SimpleMath">\(K_{\alpha}\)</span>, and <span class="SimpleMath">\(U^+\)</span> is generated by the <span class="SimpleMath">\(E_{\alpha}\)</span>. So a basis of <span class="SimpleMath">\(U_q(\mathfrak{g})\)</span> is formed by all elements <span class="SimpleMath">\(FKE\)</span>, where <span class="SimpleMath">\(F\)</span>, <span class="SimpleMath">\(K\)</span>, <span class="SimpleMath">\(E\)</span> run through bases of <span class="SimpleMath">\(U^-\)</span>, <span class="SimpleMath">\(U^0\)</span>, <span class="SimpleMath">\(U^+\)</span> respectively.</p>
<p>Finding a basis of <span class="SimpleMath">\(U^0\)</span> is easy: it is spanned by all <span class="SimpleMath">\(K_{\alpha_1}^{r_1} \cdots K_{\alpha_l}^{r_l}\)</span>, where <span class="SimpleMath">\(r_i\in\mathbb{Z}\)</span>. For <span class="SimpleMath">\(U^-\)</span>, <spanclass="SimpleMath">\(U^+\)</span> we use the so-called <em>PBW-type</em> bases. They are defined as follows. For <span class="SimpleMath">\(\alpha,\beta\in\Delta\)</span> we set <span class="SimpleMath">\(r_{\beta,\alpha} = -\langle \beta, \alpha^{\vee}\rangle\)</span>. Then for <span class="SimpleMath">\(\alpha\in\Delta\)</span> we have the automorphism <span class="SimpleMath">\(T_{\alpha} : U_q(\mathfrak{g})\to U_q(\mathfrak{g})\)</span> defined by</p>
<p>(where <span class="SimpleMath">\(E_{\alpha}^{(k)} = E_{\alpha}^k/[k]_{\alpha}!\)</span>, and likewise for <span class="SimpleMath">\(F_{\alpha}^{(k)}\)</span>).</p>
<p>Let <span class="SimpleMath">\(w_0=s_{i_1}\cdots s_{i_t}\)</span> be a reduced expression for the longest element in the Weyl group <span class="SimpleMath">\(W(\Phi)\)</span>. For <span class="SimpleMath">\(1\leq k\leq t\)</span> set <span class="SimpleMath">\(F_k = T_{\alpha_{i_1}}\cdots T_{\alpha_{i_{k-1}}}(F_{\alpha_{i_k}})\)</span>, and <span class="SimpleMath">\(E_k = T_{\alpha_{i_1}}\cdots T_{\alpha_{i_{k-1}}}(E_{\alpha_{i_k}})\)</span>. Then <span class="SimpleMath">\(F_k\in U^-\)</span>, and <span class="SimpleMath">\(E_k\in U^+\)</span>. Furthermore, the elements <span class="SimpleMath">\(F_1^{m_1} \cdots F_t^{m_t}\)</span>, <span class="SimpleMath">\(E_1^{n_1}\cdots E_t^{n_t}\)</span> (where the <span class="SimpleMath">\(m_i\)</span>, <span class="SimpleMath">\(n_i\)</span> are non-negative integers) form bases of <span class="SimpleMath">\(U^-\)</span> and <span class="SimpleMath">\(U^+\)</span> respectively.</p>
<p>The elements <span class="SimpleMath">\(F_{\alpha}\)</span> and <span class="SimpleMath">\(E_{\alpha}\)</span> are said to have weight <span class="SimpleMath">\(-\alpha\)</span> and <spanclass="SimpleMath">\(\alpha\)</span> respectively, where <span class="SimpleMath">\(\alpha\)</span> is a simple root. Furthermore, the weight of a product <span class="SimpleMath">\(ab\)</span> is the sum of the weights of <span class="SimpleMath">\(a\)</span> and <span class="SimpleMath">\(b\)</span>. Now elements of <span class="SimpleMath">\(U^-\)</span>, <span class="SimpleMath">\(U^+\)</span> that are linear combinations of elements of the same weight are said to be homogeneous. It can be shown that the elements <span class="SimpleMath">\(F_k\)</span>, and <span class="SimpleMath">\(E_k\)</span> are homogeneous of weight <span class="SimpleMath">\(-\beta\)</span> and <span class="SimpleMath">\(\beta\)</span> respectively, where <span class="SimpleMath">\(\beta=s_{i_1}\cdots s_{i_{k-1}}(\alpha_{i_k})\)</span>.</p>
<p>In the sequel we use the notation <span class="SimpleMath">\(F_k^{(m)} = F_k^m/[m]_{\alpha_{i_k}}!\)</span>, and <span class="SimpleMath">\(E_k^{(n)} = E_k^n/[n]_{\alpha_{i_k}}!\)</span>.</p>
<p>(where <span class="SimpleMath">\(k_i,m_i,n_i\geq 0\)</span>, <span class="SimpleMath">\(\delta_i=0,1\)</span>) form a basis of <span class="SimpleMath">\(U_q(\mathfrak{g})\)</span>, such that the product of any two basis elements is a linear combination of basis elements with coefficients in <span class="SimpleMath">\(\mathbb{Z}[q,q^{-1}]\)</span>. The quantized enveloping algebra over <span class="SimpleMath">\(\mathbb{Z}[q,q^{-1}]\)</span> with this basis is called the <span class="SimpleMath">\(\mathbb{Z}\)</span>-form of <span class="SimpleMath">\(U_q(\mathfrak{g})\)</span>, and denoted by <span class="SimpleMath">\(U_{\mathbb{Z}}\)</span>. Since <span class="SimpleMath">\(U_{\mathbb{Z}}\)</span> is defined over <span class="SimpleMath">\(\mathbb{Z}[q,q^{-1}]\)</span> we can specialize <span class="SimpleMath">\(q\)</span> to any nonzero element <span class="SimpleMath">\(\epsilon\)</span> of a field <span class="SimpleMath">\(F\)</span>, and obtain an algebra <span class="SimpleMath">\(U_{\epsilon}\)</span> over <span class="SimpleMath">\(F\)</span>.</p>
<p>We call <span class="SimpleMath">\(q\in \mathbb{Q}(q)\)</span>, and <span class="SimpleMath">\(\epsilon \in F\)</span> the quantum parameter of <span class="SimpleMath">\(U_q(\mathfrak{g})\)</span> and <span class="SimpleMath">\(U_{\epsilon}\)</span> respectively.</p>
<p>Let <span class="SimpleMath">\(\lambda\)</span> be a dominant weight, and <span class="SimpleMath">\(V(\lambda)\)</span> the irreducible highest weight module of highest weight <span class="SimpleMath">\(\lambda\)</span> over <span class="SimpleMath">\(U_q(\mathfrak{g})\)</span>. Let <span class="SimpleMath">\(v_{\lambda}\in V(\lambda)\)</span> be a fixed highest weight vector. Then <span class="SimpleMath">\(U_{\mathbb{Z}}\cdot v_{\lambda}\)</span> is a <span class="SimpleMath">\(U_{\mathbb{Z}}\)</span>-module. So by specializing <span class="SimpleMath">\(q\)</span> to an element <span class="SimpleMath">\(\epsilon\)</span> of a field <span class="SimpleMath">\(F\)</span>, we get a <span class="SimpleMath">\(U_{\epsilon}\)</span>-module. We call it the Weyl module of highest weight <span class="SimpleMath">\(\lambda\)</span> over <spanclass="SimpleMath">\(U_{\epsilon}\)</span>. We note that it is not necessarily irreducible.</p>
<p>As in Section <a href="chap2_mj.html#X83E7F39F7D16793B"><span class="RefLink">2.4</span></a> we let <span class="SimpleMath">\(U^-\)</span> be the subalgebra of <span class="SimpleMath">\(U_q(\mathfrak{g})\)</span> generated by the <span class="SimpleMath">\(F_{\alpha}\)</span> for <span class="SimpleMath">\(\alpha\in\Delta\)</span>. In <a href="chapBib_mj.html#biBL0a">[Lus0a]</a> Lusztig introduced a basis of <span class="SimpleMath">\(U^-\)</span> with very nice properties, called the <em>canonical basis</em>. (Later this basis was also constructed by Kashiwara, using a different method. For a brief overview on the history of canonical bases we refer to <a href="chapBib_mj.html#biBC06">[Com06]</a>.)</p>
<p>Let <span class="SimpleMath">\(w_0=s_{i_1}\cdots s_{i_t}\)</span>, and the elements <span class="SimpleMath">\(F_k\)</span> be as in Section <a href="chap2_mj.html#X83E7F39F7D16793B"><span class="RefLink">2.4</span></a>. Then, in order to stress the dependency of the monomial</p>
<p>on the choice of reduced expression for the longest element in <span class="SimpleMath">\(W(\Phi)\)</span> we say that it is a <span class="SimpleMath">\(w_0\)</span>-monomial.</p>
<p>Now we let <span class="SimpleMath">\(\overline{\phantom{a}}\)</span> be the automorphism of <span class="SimpleMath">\(U^-\)</span> defined in Section <a href="chap2_mj.html#X81394E207F6AA6CF"><span class="RefLink">2.2</span></a>. Elements that are invariant under <span class="SimpleMath">\(\overline{\phantom{a}}\)</span> are said to be bar-invariant.</p>
<p>By results of Lusztig (<a href="chapBib_mj.html#biBL93">[Lus93]</a> Theorem 42.1.10, <a href="chapBib_mj.html#biBL96">[Lus96]</a>, Proposition 8.2), there is a unique basis <span class="SimpleMath">\({\bf B}\)</span> of <span class="SimpleMath">\(U^-\)</span> with the following properties. Firstly, all elements of <span class="SimpleMath">\({\bf B}\)</span> are bar-invariant. Secondly, for any choice of reduced expression <span class="SimpleMath">\(w_0\)</span> for the longest element in the Weyl group, and any element <span class="SimpleMath">\(X\in{\bf B}\)</span> we have that <span class="SimpleMath">\(X = x +\sum \zeta_i x_i\)</span>, where <span class="SimpleMath">\(x,x_i\)</span> are <span class="SimpleMath">\(w_0\)</span>-monomials, <span class="SimpleMath">\(x\neq x_i\)</span> for all <span class="SimpleMath">\(i\)</span>, and <span class="SimpleMath">\(\zeta_i\in q\mathbb{Z}[q]\)</span>. The basis <span class="SimpleMath">\({\bf B}\)</span> is called the canonical basis. If we work with a fixed reduced expression for the longest element in <span class="SimpleMath">\(W(\Phi)\)</span>, and write <span class="SimpleMath">\(X\in{\bf B}\)</span> as above, then we say that <span class="SimpleMath">\(x\)</span> is the <em>principal monomial</em> of <span class="SimpleMath">\(X\)</span>.</p>
<p>Let <span class="SimpleMath">\(\mathcal{L}\)</span> be the <span class="SimpleMath">\(\mathbb{Z}[q]\)</span>-lattice in <span class="SimpleMath">\(U^-\)</span> spanned by <span class="SimpleMath">\({\bf B}\)</span>. Then <span class="SimpleMath">\(\mathcal{L}\)</span> is also spanned by all <span class="SimpleMath">\(w_0\)</span>-monomials (where <span class="SimpleMath">\(w_0\)</span> is a fixed reduced expression for the longest element in <span class="SimpleMath">\(W(\Phi)\)</span>). Now let <span class="SimpleMath">\(\widetilde{w}_0\)</span> be a second reduced expression for the longest element in <span class="SimpleMath">\(W(\Phi)\)</span>. Let <span class="SimpleMath">\(x\)</span> be a <span class="SimpleMath">\(w_0\)</span>-monomial, and let <span class="SimpleMath">\(X\)</span> be the element of <span class="SimpleMath">\({\bf B}\)</span> with principal monomial <span class="SimpleMath">\(x\)</span>. Write <span class="SimpleMath">\(X\)</span> as a linear combination of <span class="SimpleMath">\(\widetilde{w}_0\)</span>-monomials, and let <span class="SimpleMath">\(\widetilde{x}\)</span> be the principal monomial of that expression. Then we write <span class="SimpleMath">\(\widetilde{x} = R_{w_0}^{\tilde{w}_0}(x)\)</span>. Note that <span class="SimpleMath">\(x = \widetilde{x} \bmod q\mathcal{L}\)</span>.</p>
<p>Now let <span class="SimpleMath">\(\mathcal{B}\)</span> be the set of all <span class="SimpleMath">\(w_0\)</span>-monomials <span class="SimpleMath">\(\bmod q\mathcal{L}\)</span>. Then <span class="SimpleMath">\(\mathcal{B}\)</span> is a basis of the <span class="SimpleMath">\(\mathbb{Z}\)</span>-module <span class="SimpleMath">\(\mathcal{L}/q\mathcal{L}\)</span>. Moreover, <span class="SimpleMath">\(\mathcal{B}\)</span> is independent of the choice of <span class="SimpleMath">\(w_0\)</span>. Let <span class="SimpleMath">\(\alpha\in\Delta\)</span>, and let <span class="SimpleMath">\(\widetilde{w}_0\)</span> be a reduced expression for the longest element in <span class="SimpleMath">\(W(\Phi)\)</span>, starting with <span class="SimpleMath">\(s_{\alpha}\)</span>. The Kashiwara operators <span class="SimpleMath">\(\widetilde{F}_{ \alpha} : \mathcal{B}\to \mathcal{B}\)</span> and <span class="SimpleMath">\(\widetilde{E}_{\alpha} : \mathcal{B}\to \mathcal{B}\cup\{0\}\)</span> are defined as follows. Let <span class="SimpleMath">\(b\in\mathcal{B}\)</span> and let <span class="SimpleMath">\(x=\)</span> be the <span class="SimpleMath">\(w_0\)</span>-monomial such that <span class="SimpleMath">\(b = x \bmod q\mathcal{L}\)</span>. Set <span class="SimpleMath">\(\widetilde{x} = R_{w_0}^ {\tilde{w}_0}(x)\)</span>. Then <span class="SimpleMath">\(\widetilde{x}'\) is the \(\widetilde{w}_0\)-monomial constructed from \(\widetilde{x}\) by increasing its first exponent by \(1\) (the first exponent is \(n_1\) if we write \(\widetilde{x}=F_1^{(n_1)}\cdots F_t^{(n_t)}\)). Then \(\widetilde{F}_{ \alpha}(b) = R_{\tilde{w}_0}^{w_0}(\widetilde{x}') \bmod q\mathcal{L}\)</span>. For <span class="SimpleMath">\(\widetilde{E}_{\alpha}\)</span> we let <span class="SimpleMath">\(\widetilde{x}'\) be the \(\widetilde{w}_0\)-monomial constructed from \(\widetilde{x}\) by decreasing its first exponent by \(1\), if this exponent is \(\geq 1\). Then \(\widetilde{E}_{\alpha}(b) = R_{\tilde{w}_0}^{w_0}(\widetilde{x}')\bmod q\mathcal{L}\)</span>. Furthermore, <span class="SimpleMath">\(\widetilde{E}_{\alpha}(b) =0\)</span> if the first exponent of <span class="SimpleMath">\(\widetilde{x}\)</span> is <span class="SimpleMath">\(0\)</span>. It can be shown that this definition does not depend on the choice of <span class="SimpleMath">\(w_0\)</span>, <spanclass="SimpleMath">\(\widetilde{w}_0\)</span>. Furthermore we have <span class="SimpleMath">\(\widetilde{F}_{\alpha}\widetilde{E}_{\alpha}(b)=b\)</span>, if <span class="SimpleMath">\(\widetilde{E}_{\alpha}(b)\neq 0\)</span>, and <span class="SimpleMath">\(\widetilde{E}_{\alpha} \widetilde{F}_ {\alpha}(b)=b\)</span> for all <span class="SimpleMath">\(b\in \mathcal{B}\)</span>.</p>
<p>Let <span class="SimpleMath">\(w_0=s_{i_1}\cdots s_{i_t}\)</span> be a fixed reduced expression for the longest element in <span class="SimpleMath">\(W(\Phi)\)</span>. For <span class="SimpleMath">\(b\in\mathcal{B}\)</span> we define a sequence of elements <span class="SimpleMath">\(b_k\in\mathcal{B}\)</span> for <span class="SimpleMath">\(0\leq k\leq t\)</span>, and a sequence of integers <span class="SimpleMath">\(n_k\)</span> for <span class="SimpleMath">\(1\leq k\leq t\)</span> as follows. We set <span class="SimpleMath">\(b_0=b\)</span>, and if <span class="SimpleMath">\(b_{k-1}\)</span> is defined we let <span class="SimpleMath">\(n_k\)</span> be maximal such that <span class="SimpleMath">\(\widetilde{E}_{\alpha_{i_k}}^ {n_k}(b_{k-1})\neq 0\)</span>. Also we set <span class="SimpleMath">\(b_k = \widetilde{E}_{\alpha_{i_k}}^{n_k} (b_{k-1})\)</span>. Then the sequence <span class="SimpleMath">\((n_1,\ldots,n_t)\)</span> is called the <em>string</em> of <span class="SimpleMath">\(b\in\mathcal{B}\)</span> (relative to <span class="SimpleMath">\(w_0\)</span>). We note that <span class="SimpleMath">\(b=\widetilde{F}_ {\alpha_{i_1}}^{n_1}\cdots \widetilde{F}_{\alpha_{i_t}}^ {n_t}(1)\)</span>. The set of all strings parametrizes the elements of <span class="SimpleMath">\(\mathcal{B}\)</span>, and hence of <span class="SimpleMath">\({\bf B}\)</span>.</p>
<p>Now let <span class="SimpleMath">\(V(\lambda)\)</span> be a highest-weight module over <span class="SimpleMath">\(U_q(\mathfrak{g})\)</span>, with highest weight <span class="SimpleMath">\(\lambda\)</span>. Let <span class="SimpleMath">\(v_{\lambda}\)</span> be a fixed highest weight vector. Then <span class="SimpleMath">\({\bf B}_{\lambda} = \{ X\cdot v_{\lambda}\mid X\in {\bf B}\} \setminus \{0\}\)</span> is a basis of <span class="SimpleMath">\(V(\lambda)\)</span>, called the <em>canonical basis</em>, or <em>crystal basis</em> of <span class="SimpleMath">\(V(\lambda)\)</span>. Let <span class="SimpleMath">\(\mathcal{L}(\lambda)\)</span> be the <span class="SimpleMath">\(\mathbb{Z}[q]\)</span>-lattice in <span class="SimpleMath">\(V(\lambda)\)</span> spanned by <span class="SimpleMath">\({\bf B}_{\lambda}\)</span>. We let <span class="SimpleMath">\(\mathcal{B}({\lambda})\)</span> be the set of all <span class="SimpleMath">\(x\cdot v_{\lambda}\bmod q\mathcal{L}(\lambda)\)</span>, where <span class="SimpleMath">\(x\)</span> runs through all <span class="SimpleMath">\(w_0\)</span>-monomials, such that <span class="SimpleMath">\(X\cdot v_{\lambda} \neq 0\)</span>, where <span class="SimpleMath">\(X\in {\bf B}\)</span> is the element with principal monomial <span class="SimpleMath">\(x\)</span>. Then the Kashiwara operators are also viewed as maps <span class="SimpleMath">\(\mathcal{B}(\lambda)\to \mathcal{B}(\lambda)\cup\{0\}\)</span>, in the following way. Let <span class="SimpleMath">\(b=x\cdot v_{\lambda}\bmod q\mathcal{L}(\lambda)\)</span> be an element of <span class="SimpleMath">\(\mathcal{B}(\lambda)\)</span>, and let <span class="SimpleMath">\(b'=x\bmod q\mathcal{L}\) be the corresponding element of \(\mathcal{B}\). Let \(y\) be the \(w_0\)-monomial such that \(\widetilde{F}_{\alpha}(b')=y\bmod q\mathcal{L}\)</span>. Then <span class="SimpleMath">\(\widetilde{F}_{ \alpha}(b) = y\cdot v_{\lambda} \bmod q\mathcal{L}(\lambda)\)</span>. The description of <span class="SimpleMath">\(\widetilde{E}_{\alpha}\)</span> is analogous. (In <a href="chapBib_mj.html#biBJ96">[Jan96]</a>, Chapter 9 a different definition is given; however, by <a href="chapBib_mj.html#biBJ96">[Jan96]</a>, Proposition 10.9, Lemma 10.13, the two definitions agree).</p>
<p>The set <span class="SimpleMath">\(\mathcal{B}(\lambda)\)</span> has <span class="SimpleMath">\(\dim V(\lambda)\)</span> elements. We let <span class="SimpleMath">\(\Gamma\)</span> be the coloured directed graph defined as follows. The points of <span class="SimpleMath">\(\Gamma\)</span> are the elements of <span class="SimpleMath">\(\mathcal{B}(\lambda)\)</span>, and there is an arrow with colour <span class="SimpleMath">\(\alpha\in\Delta\)</span> connecting <span class="SimpleMath">\(b,b'\in \mathcal{B}\), if \(\widetilde{F}_{\alpha}(b)=b'\)</span>. The graph <span class="SimpleMath">\(\Gamma\)</span> is called the <em>crystal graph</em> of <spanclass="SimpleMath">\(V(\lambda)\)</span>.</p>
<h4>2.7 <span class="Heading"> The path model </span></h4>
<p>In this section we recall some basic facts on Littelmann's path model.
<p>From Section <a href="chap2_mj.html#X81394E207F6AA6CF"><span class="RefLink">2.2</span></a> we recall that <span class="SimpleMath">\(P\)</span> denotes the weight lattice. Let <span class="SimpleMath">\(P_{\mathbb{R}}\)</span> be the vector space over <span class="SimpleMath">\(\mathbb{R}\)</span> spanned by <span class="SimpleMath">\(P\)</span>. Let <span class="SimpleMath">\(\Pi\)</span> be the set of all piecewise linear paths <span class="SimpleMath">\(\xi : [0,1]\to P_{\mathbb{R}} \)</span>, such that <span class="SimpleMath">\(\xi(0)=0\)</span>. For <span class="SimpleMath">\(\alpha\in\Delta\)</span> Littelmann defined operators <span class="SimpleMath">\(f_{\alpha}, e_{\alpha} : \Pi \to \Pi\cup \{0\}\)</span>. Let <span class="SimpleMath">\(\lambda\)</span> be a dominant weight and let <span class="SimpleMath">\(\xi_{\lambda}\)</span> be the path joining <span class="SimpleMath">\(\lambda\)</span> and the origin by a straight line. Let <span class="SimpleMath">\(\Pi_{\lambda}\)</span> be the set of all nonzero <span class="SimpleMath">\(f_{\alpha_{i_1}}\cdots f_{\alpha_{i_m}}(\xi_{\lambda})\)</span> for <span class="SimpleMath">\(m\geq 0\)</span>. Then <span class="SimpleMath">\(\xi(1)\in P\)</span> for all <span class="SimpleMath">\(\xi\in \Pi_{\lambda}\)</span>. Let <span class="SimpleMath">\(\mu\in P\)</span> be a weight, and let <span class="SimpleMath">\(V(\lambda)\)</span> be the highest-weight module over <span class="SimpleMath">\(U_q(\mathfrak{g})\)</span> of highest weight <span class="SimpleMath">\(\lambda\)</span>. A theorem of Littelmann states that the number of paths <span class="SimpleMath">\(\xi\in \Pi_{\lambda}\)</span> such that <span class="SimpleMath">\(\xi(1)=\mu\)</span> is equal to the dimension of the weight space of weight <span class="SimpleMath">\(\mu\)</span> in <span class="SimpleMath">\(V(\lambda)\)</span> (<a href="chapBib_mj.html#biBL95">[Lit95]</a>, Theorem 9.1).</p>
<p>All paths appearing in <span class="SimpleMath">\(\Pi_{\lambda}\)</span> are so-called Lakshmibai-Seshadri paths (LS-paths for short). They are defined as follows. Let <span class="SimpleMath">\(\leq\)</span> denote the Bruhat order on <span class="SimpleMath">\(W(\Phi)\)</span>. For <span class="SimpleMath">\(\mu,\nu\in W(\Phi)\cdot \lambda\)</span> (the orbit of <span class="SimpleMath">\(\lambda\)</span> under the action of <span class="SimpleMath">\(W(\Phi)\)</span>), write <span class="SimpleMath">\(\mu\leq \nu\)</span> if <span class="SimpleMath">\(\tau\leq\sigma\)</span>, where <span class="SimpleMath">\(\tau,\sigma\in W(\Phi)\)</span> are the unique elements of minimal length such that <span class="SimpleMath">\(\tau(\lambda)=\mu\)</span>, <span class="SimpleMath">\(\sigma(\lambda)= \nu\)</span>. Now a rational path of shape <span class="SimpleMath">\(\lambda\)</span> is a pair <span class="SimpleMath">\(\pi=(\nu,a)\)</span>, where <span class="SimpleMath">\(\nu=(\nu_1,\ldots, \nu_s)\)</span> is a sequence of elements of <span class="SimpleMath">\(W(\Phi)\cdot \lambda\)</span>, such that <span class="SimpleMath">\(\nu_i> \nu_{i+1}\)</span> and <span class="SimpleMath">\(a=(a_0=0, a_1, \cdots ,a_s=1)\)</span> is a sequence of rationals such that <span class="SimpleMath">\(a_i <a_{i+1}\)</span>. The path <span class="SimpleMath">\(\pi\)</span> corresponding to these sequences is given by</p>
<p>for <span class="SimpleMath">\(a_{r-1}\leq t\leq a_r\)</span>. Now an LS-path of shape <span class="SimpleMath">\(\lambda\)</span> is a rational path satisfying a certain integrality condition (see <a href="chapBib_mj.html#biBL94">[Lit94]</a>, <a href="chapBib_mj.html#biBL95">[Lit95]</a>). We note that the path <span class="SimpleMath">\(\xi_{\lambda} = ( (\lambda), (0,1) )\)</span> joining the origin and <span class="SimpleMath">\(\lambda\)</span> by a straight line is an LS-path.</p>
<p>Now from <a href="chapBib_mj.html#biBL94">[Lit94]</a>, <a href="chapBib_mj.html#biBL95">[Lit95]</a> we transcribe the following:</p>
<ol>
<li><p>Let <span class="SimpleMath">\(\pi\)</span> be an LS-path. Then <span class="SimpleMath">\(f_{\alpha}\pi\)</span> is an LS-path or <span class="SimpleMath">\(0\)</span>; and the same holds for <span class="SimpleMath">\(e_{\alpha}\pi\)</span>.</p>
</li>
<li><p>The action of <span class="SimpleMath">\(f_{\alpha},e_{\alpha}\)</span> can easily be described combinatorially (see <a href="chapBib_mj.html#biBL94">[Lit94]</a>).</p>
</li>
<li><p>The endpoint of an LS-path is an integral weight.</p>
</li>
<li><p>Let <span class="SimpleMath">\(\pi=(\nu,a)\)</span> be an LS-path. Then by <span class="SimpleMath">\(\phi(\pi)\)</span> we denote the unique element <span class="SimpleMath">\(\sigma\)</span> of <span class="SimpleMath">\(W(\Phi)\)</span> of shortest length such that <span class="SimpleMath">\(\sigma(\lambda)=\nu_1\)</span>.</p>
</li>
</ol>
<p>Let <span class="SimpleMath">\(\lambda\)</span> be a dominant weight. Then we define a labeled directed graph <span class="SimpleMath">\(\Gamma\)</span> as follows. The points of <span class="SimpleMath">\(\Gamma\)</span> are the paths in <span class="SimpleMath">\(\Pi_{\lambda}\)</span>. There is an edge with label <span class="SimpleMath">\(\alpha\in\Delta\)</span> from <span class="SimpleMath">\(\pi_1\)</span> to <span class="SimpleMath">\(\pi_2\)</span> if <span class="SimpleMath">\(f_{\alpha}\pi_1 =\pi_2\)</span>. Now by <a href="chapBib_mj.html#biBK96">[Kas96]</a> this graph <span class="SimpleMath">\(\Gamma\)</span> is isomorphic to the crystal graph of the highest-weight module with highest weight <span class="SimpleMath">\(\lambda\)</span>. So the path model provides an efficient way of computing the crystal graph of a highest-weight module, without constructing the module first. Also we see that <span class="SimpleMath">\(f_{\alpha_{i_1}}\cdots f_{\alpha_{i_r}}\xi_{\lambda} =0\)</span> is equivalent to <span class="SimpleMath">\(\widetilde{F}_{\alpha_{i_1}}\cdots \widetilde{F}_ {\alpha_{i_r}}v_{\lambda}=0\)</span>, where <span class="SimpleMath">\(v_{\lambda}\in V(\lambda)\)</span> is a highest weight vector (or rather the image of it in <span class="SimpleMath">\(\mathcal{L}(\lambda)/ q\mathcal{L} (\lambda)\)</span>), and the <span class="SimpleMath">\(\widetilde{F}_{\alpha_k}\)</span> are the Kashiwara operators on <span class="SimpleMath">\(\mathcal{B}(\lambda)\)</span> (see Section <a href="chap2_mj.html#X78BE3EB980F0A295"><span class="RefLink">2.6</span></a>).</p>
<p>I refer to <a href="chapBib_mj.html#biBH90">[Hum90]</a> for more information on Weyl groups, and to <a href="chapBib_mj.html#biBS01">[Ste01]</a> for an overview of algorithms for computing with weights, Weyl groups and their elements.</p>
<p>For general introductions into the theory of quantized enveloping algebras I refer to <a href="chapBib_mj.html#biBC98">[Car98]</a>, <a href="chapBib_mj.html#biBJ96">[Jan96]</a> (from where most of the material of this chapter is taken), <a href="chapBib_mj.html#biBL92">[Lus92]</a>, <a href="chapBib_mj.html#biBL93">[Lus93]</a>, <a href="chapBib_mj.html#biBR91">[Ros91]</a>. I refer to the papers by Littelmann (<a href="chapBib_mj.html#biBL94">[Lit94]</a>, <a href="chapBib_mj.html#biBL95">[Lit95]</a>, <a href="chapBib_mj.html#biBL98">[Lit98]</a>) for more information on the path model. The paper by Kashiwara (<a href="chapBib_mj.html#biBK96">[Kas96]</a>) contains a proof of the connection between path operators and Kashiwara operators.</p>
<p>Finally, I refer to <a href="chapBib_mj.html#biBG01">[Gra01]</a> (on computing with PBW-type bases), <a href="chapBib_mj.html#biBG02">[Gra02]</a> (computation of elements of the canonical basis) for an account of some of the algorithms used in <strong class="pkg">QuaGroup</strong>.</p>
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