In [8] we classified all ``convex orders'' on the positive root system $\Delta_+$
of an arbitrary untwisted affine Lie algebra ${\mathfrak g}$ and gave a concrete
method of constructing all convex orders on $\Delta_+$. The aim of this paper is
to give a new description of ``convex bases'' of PBW type of the positive
subalgebra $U^+$ of the quantum affine algebra $U=U_q({\mathfrak g})$ by using
the concrete method of constructing all convex orders on $\Delta_+$. Applying
convexity properties of the convex bases of $U^+$, for each convex order on
$\Delta_+$, we construct a pair of dual bases of $U^+$ and the negative
subalgebra $U^-$ with respect to a $q$-analogue of the Killing form, and then
present the multiplicative formula for the universal $R$-matrix of $U$.
@article{1280754419,
author = {Ito, Ken},
title = {A new description of convex bases of PBW type for untwisted quantum affine
algebras},
journal = {Hiroshima Math. J.},
volume = {40},
number = {1},
year = {2010},
pages = { 133-183},
language = {en},
url = {http://dml.mathdoc.fr/item/1280754419}
}
Ito, Ken. A new description of convex bases of PBW type for untwisted quantum affine
algebras. Hiroshima Math. J., Tome 40 (2010) no. 1, pp. 133-183. http://gdmltest.u-ga.fr/item/1280754419/