卷 198, 编号 2 (2019)

We extend the relation between cluster integrable systems and q-difference equations beyond the Painlev´e case. We consider the class of hyperelliptic curves where the Newton polygons contain only four boundary points. We present the corresponding cluster integrable Toda systems and identify their discrete automorphisms with certain reductions of the Hirota difference equation. We also construct nonautonomous versions of these equations and find that their solutions are expressed in terms of five-dimensional Nekrasov functions with Chern–Simons contributions, while these equations in the autonomous case are solved in terms of Riemann theta functions.

In the algebra PsΔ of pseudodifference operators, we consider two deformations of the Lie subalgebra spanned by positive powers of an invertible constant first-degree pseudodifference operator Λ₀. The first deformation is by the group in PsΔ corresponding to the Lie subalgebra Ps_<0 of elements of negative degree, and the second is by the group corresponding to the Lie subalgebra Ps_Δ≤0 of elements of degree zero or lower. We require that the evolution equations of both deformations be certain compatible Lax equations that are determined by choosing a Lie subalgebra depending on Λ₀ that respectively complements the Lie subalgebra PsΔ_<0 or Ps_Δ≤0. This yields two integrable hierarchies associated with Λ₀, where the hierarchy of the wider deformation is called the strict version of the first because of the form of the Lax equations. For Λ₀ equal to the matrix of the shift operator, the hierarchy corresponding to the simplest deformation is called the discrete KP hierarchy. We show that the two hierarchies have an equivalent zero-curvature form and conclude by discussing the solvability of the related Cauchy problems.

Orthogonal or symplectic Yangians are defined by the Yang–Baxter RLL relation involving the fundamental R-matrix with so(n) or sp(2m) symmetry. We investigate the conditions on the first- and second-order evaluations as restrictions imposed on the representation weights.

We recently showed how nonhomogeneous second-order difference equations that appear in describing the ABJM quantum spectral curve can be solved using a Mellin space technique. In particular, we provided explicit results for anomalous dimensions of twist-1 operators in the sl(2) sector at arbitrary spin values up to the four-loop order. We showed that the obtained results can be expressed in terms of harmonic sums with additional factors in the form of a fourth root of unity, and the maximum transcendentality principle therefore holds. Here, we show that the same result can also be obtained by directly solving the mentioned difference equations in the space of the spectral parameter u. The solution involves new highly nontrivial identities between hypergeometric functions, which can have various applications. We expect that this method can be generalized both to higher loop orders and to other theories, such as the N=4 supersymmetric Yang–Mills theory.

We construct equivariant vector bundles over quantum projective spaces using parabolic Verma modules over the quantum general linear group. Using an alternative realization of the quantized coordinate ring of the projective space as a subalgebra in the algebra of functions on the quantum group, we reformulate quantum vector bundles in terms of quantum symmetric pairs. We thus prove the complete reducibility of modules over the corresponding coideal stabilizer subalgebras, via the quantum Frobenius reciprocity.