Infinitesimal Modular Group: $q$-Deformed ${\mathfrak{sl}}_2$ and Witt Algebra

Abstract

We describe new $q$-deformations of the 3-dimensional Heisenberg algebra, the simple Lie algebra ${\mathfrak{sl}}_2$ and the Witt algebra. They are constructed through a realization as differential operators. These operators are related to the modular group and $q$-deformed rational numbers defined by Morier-Genoud and Ovsienko and lead to $q$-deformed Möbius transformations acting on the hyperbolic plane.

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