Non-unitarizable representations of compact and discrete quantum groups

[2608.27737] Non-unitarizable representations of compact and discrete quantum groups Skip to main content Search Submit Donate Log in Mathematics > Operator Algebras arXiv:2608.27737 (math) [Submitted on 27 Aug 2026] Title: Non-unitarizable representations of compact and discrete quantum groups Authors: Fatemeh Khosravi , Sang-Gyun Youn View PDF HTML (experimental) Abstract: We study the similarity problem for representations of compact and discrete quantum groups. We first prove that every non-degenerate contractive representation of a compact or discrete quantum group is automatically unitary. Then, for compact quantum groups, we develop an interpolation method for constructing explicit non-unitarizable non-degenerate representations with norms arbitrarily close to $1$. In particular, this applies to all non-Kac compact quantum groups whose dual has subexponential growth, including the Drinfeld--Jimbo quantum groups $G_q$, as well as to the non-Kac free unitary quantum groups $U_F^+$ with $F\in\operatorname{GL}_2(\mathbb{C})$. On the discrete quantum group side, we establish a quantum analogue of the classical lifting principle for non-unitarizable uniformly bounded representations. Combining this lifting principle with recent results on maximal Kac quantum subgroups, we construct explicit non-unitarizable non-degenerate representations with norms arbitrarily close to $1$ for all unitary free quantum groups $\mathbb FU_F$ and all non-amenable orthogonal free quantum groups $\mathbb FO_F$. Subjects: Operator Algebras (math.OA) MSC classes: 46L67, 20G42, 22D12 Cite as: arXiv:2608.27737 [math.OA] (or arXiv:2608.27737v1 [math.OA] for this version) https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2608.27737 Focus to learn more arXiv-issued DOI via DataCite Submission history From: Sang-Gyun Youn [ view email ] [v1] Thu, 27 Aug 2026 21:53:27 UTC (75 KB) Full-text links: Access Paper: View PDF HTML (experimental) TeX Source view license Current browse context: math.OA < prev | next > new | recent | 2026-08 Change to browse by: math References & Citations SciX Google Scholar Semantic Scholar export BibTeX citation Bookmark Bibliographic Tools Bibliographic and Citation Tools Bibliographic Explorer Toggle Bibliographic Explorer ( What is the Explorer? ) Connected Papers Toggle Connected Papers ( What is Connected Papers? ) Litmaps Toggle Litmaps ( What is Litmaps? ) scite.ai Toggle scite Smart Citations ( What are Smart Citations? ) Code, Data, Media Code, Data and Media Associated with this Article alphaXiv Toggle alphaXiv ( What is alphaXiv? ) Links to Code Toggle CatalyzeX Code Finder for Papers ( What is CatalyzeX? ) DagsHub Toggle DagsHub ( What is DagsHub? ) GotitPub Toggle Gotit.pub ( What is GotitPub? ) Huggingface Toggle Hugging Face ( What is Huggingface? ) ScienceCast Toggle ScienceCast ( What is ScienceCast? ) Demos Demos Replicate Toggle Replicate ( What is Replicate? ) Spaces Toggle Hugging Face Spaces ( What is Spaces? ) Spaces Toggle TXYZ.AI ( What is TXYZ.AI? ) Related Papers Recommenders and Search Tools Link to Influence Flower Influence Flower ( What are Influence Flowers? ) Core recommender toggle CORE Recommender ( What is CORE? ) Author Venue Institution Topic About arXivLabs arXivLabs: experimental projects with community collaborators arXivLabs is a framework that allows collaborators to develop and share new arXiv features directly on our website. Both individuals and organizations that work with arXivLabs have embraced and accepted our values of openness, community, excellence, and user data privacy. arXiv is committed to these values and only works with partners that adhere to them. Have an idea for a project that will add value for arXiv's community? Learn more about arXivLabs . Which authors of this paper are endorsers? | Disable MathJax ( What is MathJax? ) We gratefully acknowledge support from our major funders , member institutions , and all contributors. About · Help · Contact · Subscribe · Copyright · Privacy · Accessibility · Operational Status (opens in new tab)

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