Crystal base

In algebra, a crystal base or canonical base is a base of a representation, such that generators of a quantum group or semisimple Lie algebra have a particularly simple action on it. Crystal bases were introduced by Kashiwara and Lusztig (under the name of canonical bases).

Crystal base

In algebra, a crystal base or canonical base is a base of a representation, such that generators of a quantum group or semisimple Lie algebra have a particularly simple action on it. Crystal bases were introduced by Kashiwara and Lusztig (under the name of canonical bases).