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We give the complete set of irreducible representations of U(SU(2))q when q is a mth root of unity. In particular, we show that their dimensions are less or equal to m. Some of them are not highest-weight representations.
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Roche, P., Arnaudon, D. Irreducible representations of the quantum analogue of SU(2). Lett Math Phys 17, 295–300 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00399753
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00399753