Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 October 2008
We construct families of irreducible representations for a class of quantum groups Uq(fm(K,H). First, we realize these quantum groups as hyperbolic algebras. Such a realization yields natural families of irreducible weight representations for Uq(fm(K,H)). Second, we study the relationship between Uq(fm(K,H)) and Uq(fm(K)). As a result, any finite-dimensional weight representation of Uq(fm(K,H)) is proved to be completely reducible. Finally, we study the Whittaker model for the center of Uq(fm(K,H)), and a classification of all irreducible Whittaker representations of Uq(fm(K,H)) is obtained.
The second author was partially supported by NSFC, under grant 10501010.