Fuzzy spaces are obtained by quantizing adjoint orbits of compact semi-simple Lie groups. Fuzzy spheres emerge from quantizing S and are associated with the group SU(2) in this manner. They are useful for regularizing quantum field theories and modeling spacetimes by non-commutative manifolds. We show that fuzzy spaces are Hopf algebras and in fact have more structure than the latter. They are ...

Saunders has recently claimed that “identical quantum particles” with an anti-symmetric state (fermions) are weakly discernible objects, just like irreflexively related ordinary objects in situations with perfect symmetry (Black’s spheres, for example). Weakly discernible objects have all their qualitative properties in common but nevertheless differ from each other by virtue of (a generalized ...

Hilbert space representations of the cross product ∗-algebras of the Hopf ∗-algebra Uq(su2) and its module ∗-algebras O(Sqr) of Podleś spheres are investigated and classified by describing the action of generators. The representations are analyzed within two approaches. It is shown that the Hopf ∗-algebra O(SUq(2)) of the quantum group SUq(2) decomposes into an orthogonal sum of projective Hopf...

Hilbert space representations of the cross product ∗-algebras of the Hopf ∗-algebra Uq(su2) and its module ∗-algebras O(Sqr) of Podleś spheres are investigated and classified by describing the action of generators. The representations are analyzed within two approaches. It is shown that the Hopf ∗-algebra O(SUq(2)) of the quantum group SUq(2) decomposes into an orthogonal sum of projective Hopf...

Spheres and hemispheres allow for their interpretation as quantum states spaces quite similar as it is known about projective spaces. Spheres describe systems with two levels of equal degeneracy. The geometric key is in the relation between transition probability and geodesics. There are isometric embeddings as geodesic submanifolds into the space of density operators assuming the latter is equ...

We study certain principal actions on noncommutative C-algebras. Our main examples are the Zpand T-actions on the odd-dimensional quantum spheres, yielding as fixed-point algebras quantum lens spaces and quantum complex projective spaces, respectively. The key tool in our analysis is the relation of the ambient C-algebras with the Cuntz-Krieger algebras of directed graphs. A general result abou...

We formulate quantum group Riemannian geometry as a gauge theory of quantum differential forms. We first develop (and slightly generalise) classical Riemannian geometry in a self-dual manner as a principal bundle frame resolution and a dual pair of canonical forms. The role of Levi-Civita connection is naturally generalised to connections with vanishing torsion and cotorsion, which we introduce...

Graphene quantum dots (GQDs) represent an important class of luminescent quantum dots owing to their low toxicity and superior biocompatibility. Chemical functionalization of GQDs and subsequent combination with other materials further provide attractive techniques for advanced bioapplications. Herein, we report the facile fabrication of fluorescent organosilane-functionalized graphene quantum ...

Using the corepresentation of the quantum supergroup OSp q (1/2) a general method for constructing noncommutative spaces covariant under its coaction is developed. In particular, a one-parameter family of covariant algebras, which may be interpreted as noncommutative superspheres, is constructed. It is observed that embedding of the supersphere in the OSp q (1/2) algebra is possible. This reali...