The q-deformed algebras su(n)q and their applications

Since its beginning in the early 1980's, the subject of q-deformed algebras has expanded rapidly. Many of the techniques and structures of Lie algebras carry over to the q-deformations of Lie algebras. This thesis develops the Racah-Wigner algebra for q-deformations of Lie algebras and looks at...

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Main Author: Smithies, Cindy Rae
Language:en
Published: University of Canterbury. Physics 2013
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10092/8112