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Dynamical boundary conditions for integrable lattices.

A. V. Tsiganov

Published Jan 1, 1998• 11 citations
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Abstract

Some special solutions to the reflection equation are considered. These boundary matrices are defined on the common quantum space with the other operators in the chain. The relations with the Drinfeld twist are discussed. PACS: 02.90.+p, 03.20.+i,03.65.Fd, 11.30.-j 0 1 On a covariance property of the reflection equation Let the operator-valued function R(u) : C → Aut(V ⊗ V) be a solution to the quantum Yang-Baxter equation [1] in a finite-dimensional linear space V. Let us connect with a given matrix R(u) two associative algebras TR and UR generated by noncommutative entries of the square matrices T(u) and K(u) satisfying the fundamental commutator relation [1, 2] or the reflection equation [3, 4] R12(u − v) 1

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