This book consists of an expanded set of lectures on algebraic aspects of quantum groups. It particularly concentrates on quantized coordinate rings of algebrai
The material is very well motivated ... Of the various monographs available on quantum groups, this one ... seems the most suitable for most mathematicians new
The quantum groups discussed in this book are the quantized enveloping algebras introduced by Drinfeld and Jimbo in 1985, or variations thereof. The theory of q
Describes the relation between classical and quantum mechanics. This book contains a discussion of problems related to group representation theory and to scatte