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Linear quantum addition rules
The quantum integer is the polynomial
Two sequences of polynomials and
define a {\em linear addition rule}
on a sequence by
This is called a {\em
quantum addition rule} if for all positive
integers and . In this paper all linear quantum addition rules are
determined, and all solutions of the corresponding functional equations
are computed.Comment: 8 pages; to appear in Integers: The Electronic Journal of
Combinatorial Number Theor
Open strings in Lie groups and associative products
Firstly, we generalize a semi-classical limit of open strings on D-branes in
group manifolds. The limit gives rise to rigid open strings, whose dynamics can
efficiently be described in terms of a matrix algebra. Alternatively, the
dynamics is coded in group theory coefficients whose properties are translated
in a diagrammatical language. In the case of compact groups, it is a simplified
version of rational boundary conformal field theories, while for non-compact
groups, the construction gives rise to new associative products. Secondly, we
argue that the intuitive formalism that we provide for the semi-classical
limit, extends to the case of quantum groups. The associative product we
construct in this way is directly related to the boundary vertex operator
algebra of open strings on symmetry preserving branes in WZW models, and
generalizations thereof, e.g. to non-compact groups. We treat the groups SU(2)
and SL(2,R) explicitly. We also discuss the precise relation of the
semi-classical open string dynamics to Berezin quantization and to star product
theory.Comment: 47 pages, 14 figure
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