On tensor products of positive representations of split real quantum Borel subalgebra $U_{q\tilde{q}}(b_R)$

Abstract

We studied the positive representations $P_\lambda$ of split real quantum groups $U_{q\tilde{q}}(g_R)$ restricted to the Borel subalgebra $U_{q\tilde{q}}(b_R)$. We proved that the restriction is independent of the parameter $\lambda$. Furthermore, we prove that it can be constructed from the GNS-representation of the multiplier Hopf algebra $U_{q\tilde{q}}^{C^*}(b_R)$ constructed earlier, which enables us to decompose their tensor product using the theory of the "multiplicative unitary". This will be an essential ingredient in the construction of quantum higher Teichm\"{u}ller theory from the perspective of representation theory, generalizing earlier work by Frenkel-Kim.