The formulation and resolution of integrable lattice statistical models in a quantum group covariant way is the subject of this review. The Bethe Ansatz turns to be remarkably useful to implement quantum group symmetries and to provide quantum group representations even when
q is a root of unity. We start by solving the six-vertex model with fixed boundary conditions (FBC) that guarantee exact
SU(2)q invariance on the lattice. The algebra of the Yang-Baxter (YB) and
SU(2)q generators turns to close. The infinite spectral parameter limit of the YB generators yields {\bf cleanly} the
SU(2)q generators. The Bethe Ansatz states constructed for FBC are shown to be {\bf highest weights} of
SU(2)q. The higher level Bethe Ansatz equations (BAE, describing the physical excitations) are explicitly derived for FBC. We then solve the RSOS(
p) models on the light--cone lattice with fixed boundary conditions by disentangling the type II representations of
SU(2)q, at
q=eiπ/p, from the full SOS spectrum obtained through Algebraic Bethe Ansatz. The RSOS states are those with quantum spin $J
The Hamiltonian of the XXZ spin chain has the
sl2 loop algebra symmetry if the
q parameter is given by a root of unity,
q02N=1 , for an integer
N .We review an algorithm for determining the dimensions of the degenerate eigenspace generated by a given regular Bethe state in some sectors.The proof of the algorithm has been formulated in Ref.[3] as follows: We show in some sectors that regular Bethe ansatz eigenvectors are highest weight vectors and generate irreducible representations of the
sl2 loop algebra; We prove that every finite-dimensional highest weight representation of the
sl2 loop algebra is irreducible; We then derive the dimensions of the highest weight representation generated by a given regular Bethe state through the Drinfeld polynomial, which is expressed explicitly in terms of the Bethe roots.
We prove some part of the conjecture that regular Bethe ansatz eigenvectors of the XXZ spin chain at roots of unity are highest weight vectors of the
sl2 loop algebra. Here
q is related to the XXZ anisotropic coupling
Δ by
Δ=(q+q−1)/2, and it is given by a root of unity,
q2N=1, for a positive integer
N. We show that regular XXZ Bethe states are annihilated by the generators
xˉk+'s, for any
N. We discuss, for some particular cases of N=2, that regular XXZ Bethe states are eigenvectors of the generators of the Cartan subalgebra,
hˉk's. Here the loop algebra
U(L(sl2)) is generated by
xˉk± and
hˉk for
k∈Z, which are the classical analogues of the Drinfeld generators of the quantum loop algebra
Uq(L(sl2)). A representation of
U(L(sl2)) is called highest weight if it is generated by a vector
Ω which is annihilated by the generators
xˉk+'s and such that
Ω is an eigenvector of the
hˉk's. We also discuss the classical analogue of the Drinfeld polynomial which characterizes the irreducible finite-dimensional highest weight representation of
U(L(sl2)).
Abstract We argue that the Hamiltonians for A 2 n ( 2 ) open quantum spin chains corresponding to two choices of integrable boundary conditions have the symmetries U q ( B n ) and U q ( C n ) , respectively. We find a formula for the Dynkin labels of the Bethe states (which determine the degeneracies of the corresponding eigenvalues) in terms of the numbers of Bethe roots of each type. With the help of this formula, we verify numerically (for a generic value of the anisotropy parameter) that the degeneracies and multiplicities of the spectra implied by the quantum group symmetries are completely described by the Bethe ansatz.