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Whittaker constructions for quantum affine algebras

Vyacheslav Futorny·Santanu Tantubay
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The goals of the paper are 3-fold. First, we revisit the construction of imaginary Whittaker modules over untwisted affine Kac-Moody Lie algebras. These modules are obtained using the parabolic induction from irreducible Whittaker modules over the associated Heisenberg Lie algebras. We show that the infinite support condition for Whittaker functions on Heisenberg Lie algebras is essential for irreducibility: when the support is finite the modules becomes reducible, yielding infinite chains of submodules. We establish the irreducibility criterion for the induced modules over affine Lie algebras and construct a large family of such modules. In particular, we obtain a class of irreducible modules on which the derivation acts neither semisimply nor freely. Second, we consider quantum analogs of imaginary Whittaker modules and establish irreducibility for a family of such modules. Finally, we prove the irreducibility of a certain class of modules over $\mathcal{U}_q(A_1^{(1)})$, which are not quantum deformations of irreducible modules for the affine Kac-Moody Lie algebra $A_1^{(1)}$. Our results can be potentially extended to all types of untwisted quantum affine algebras, providing a pathway toward their classification.

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Vyacheslav Futorny, Santanu Tantubay. 2026-06-03. Whittaker constructions for quantum affine algebras. https://arxiv.org/abs/2606.04554

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