Identity (1) involves the matrices $M$ and $D$ , which are quantum analogues of the matrix of variables and the matrix of derivatives, respectively. The matrix $ \widehat L=MD$ is a quantum analogue of the matrix of generators of the universal enveloping algebra $U({\mathfrak{gl}}_{(M|N)})$. The elements $J_i$ denote the $R$-matrix images of Jucys–Murphy elements of the Hecke algebra $\mathbb{H}_n(q)$.
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For any matrix $A \in \operatorname{Mat}_{N \times N}(\mathbb{C}) \otimes U$ with coefficients in an arbitrary vector space $U$ we use the notation
The reflection equation algebra $M(R)$ is the unital associative algebra generated by $N^2$ generators $m_i^j$, which we combine into a matrix $M=\|m_i^j\|_{1\leqslant i,j \leqslant N}$ subject to the reflection equation:
Here $R \in \operatorname{Mat}_{N \times N}(\mathbb{C})^{\otimes 2}$ is the Hecke $R$-matrix, that is, $R_{12}R_{23}R_{12}=R_{23}R_{12}R_{23}$, $R^2=1+(q-q^{-1}) R$, $q \in \mathbb{C}\setminus \{0,\pm 1\}$. The parameter $q$ is generic: $q^{k} \ne 1$ for any $k \in \mathbb{Z}_{>0}$. Introducing the new matrix $\widehat L=(1-M)/(q-q^{-1})$ into (2) we obtain
The algebra $M(R)$ is embedded into the quantum Weyl algebra $W(R)$, which is the quotient of the free product of two reflection equation algebras, $M(R)$ and $D(R^{-1})$ (in the definition of the latter algebra, $R$ is replaced by $R^{-1}$), modulo the relation $D_1 M_{\bar{2}}= R_{12}^{-1}+M_{\bar{2}}D_1 R_{12}^{-2}$. It is known (see [1]) that the matrix $\widehat L=MD$ satisfies the relation (3), and thus we have a representation of the reflection equation algebra (3) by quantum analogues of vector fields. In this setting, the Jucys–Murphy elements entering (1) are defined by $J_1=1$ and $J_k=R_{k-1\,k} J_{k-1} R_{k-1\,k}$, $k >1$.
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Let $L=\|L_i^j\|_{1 \leqslant i,j \leqslant N}$ be the matrix composed of the generators of the algebra $U({\mathfrak{gl}}_{N})$, and let $P_{12}$ be the permutation matrix with entries $P_{kl}^{mn}=\delta_k^n\, \delta_l^m$, $ 1\leqslant k,l,m,n\leqslant N$. In terms of the matrix $L$, the relations in the universal enveloping algebra $U({\mathfrak{gl}}_N)$ can be written in the matrix form: $L_1 L_2-L_2 L_1= L_1 P_{12}-P_{12} L_1$. In particular, for the Drinfeld–Jimbo $R$-matrix the algebra defined by (3) is a deformation of the universal enveloping algebra $U({\mathfrak{gl}}_N)$. Moreover, in the case when the $R$-matrix is a deformation of the super-permutation $P_{M|N}$, the algebra $M(R)$ is a deformation of $U({\mathfrak{gl}}_{(M|N)})$.
Consider the Weyl algebra $W_N$ generated by the entries of the matrices $X$ and $D$, where $X=\|x_i^j\|_{1 \leqslant i,j \leqslant N}$ and $D = \|\partial_i^j\|_{1 \leqslant i,j \leqslant N}$, $\partial_i^j = \frac{\partial}{\partial x_j^i}$. The relations in $W_N$ are $X_1 X_2=X_2 X_1$, $D_1 D_2=D_2 D_1$, and $D_1 X_2=X_2 D_1+P_{12}$. The algebra $U({\mathfrak{gl}}_N)$ is embedded into the Weyl algebra by the homomorphism that takes elements of $L$ to the corresponding elements of the matrix $XD$. The universal (not quantum) matrix Capelli identity in terms of $L=XD$ takes the form
where the $j_k=\sum_{i=1}^{k-1} P_{i k}$ represent the images of Jucys–Murphy elements of the group algebra of the symmetric group. As an immediate consequence, we derive Capelli’s identity for quantum immanants (introduced by Okounkov in [2]):
Here $P_{ii}^{\lambda}$ is a primitive idempotent of the group algebra of the symmetric group that corresponds to the standard Young tableau of the form $\lambda$ with index $i$ in any numbering, and $c(k)$ denotes the content of the box with index $k$ in this standard tableau. The symbol $\operatorname{Tr}_{(k)}$ represents the partial trace in the $k$th tensor component. Note that both sides of (4) are independent of the index $i$ of the primitive idempotent $P_{ii}^{\lambda}$. A trace-free version of this identity was proposed in [3]. We call the version from [3], as well as all versions in which traces are not used, matrix versions.
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We emphasize that for a generic parameter $q$ the Hecke algebra $\mathbb{H}_n(q)$ of type $A_{n-1}$ is semisimple and isomorphic to the group algebra of the symmetric group. In particular, primitive idempotents $E_{ii}^{\lambda}$ of $\mathbb{H}_n(q)$ are in a 1-to-1 correspondence with the standard Young tableaux. The Jucys–Murphy elements act on them by the formula $J_k E_{ii}^{\lambda}=q^{2c(k)} E_{ii}^{\lambda}$.
Multiplying (1) by such an idempotent and using the last relation, we obtain the $q$-deformed identity
In [1] the quantum matrix Capelli identities (5) were established for the special cases of one-column and one-row Young diagrams. This result was subsequently generalized to arbitrary Young diagrams in [4] for reflection equation algebras associated with Drinfeld–Jimbo $R$-matrices. In this framework quantum immanants were introduced. They are q-analogues of the immanants introduced by Okounkov.
The universal matrix Capelli identity (1) holds universally for all reflection equation algebras, regardless of the form of the $R$-matrix and Young diagrams. If the $R$-matrix admits an $R$-trace, then quantum immanants can explicitly be constructed by applying the $R$-traces $\operatorname{Tr}_{R(12\ldots n)}$ in all tensor components to the left-hand side of (5).
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Citation:
M. R. Zaitsev, “Universal matrix Capelli identity”, Russian Math. Surveys, 80:2 (2025), 338–340