Classical and quantum polyhedra: A fusion graph algebra point of view

TL;DR

This paper compares classical and quantum polyhedral geometries using representation theory and path spaces on Dynkin diagrams, focusing on E6 and E6^{(1)} to reveal algebraic and geometric insights.

Contribution

It introduces a comparative analysis of classical and quantum polyhedra through Ocneanu theory and path algebras, emphasizing the E6 and E6^{(1)} diagrams.

Findings

Interpretation of E6 vertex labels as quantum decompositions

Recovery of Klein invariants via path algebra techniques

Discussion of quantum generalizations of classical invariants

Abstract

Representation theory, for the classical binary polyhedral groups is encoded by the affine Dynkin diagrams E6^{(1)}, E7^{(1)} and E8^{(1)} (McKay correspondance). The quantum versions of these classical geometries are associated with representation theories described by the usual Dynkin diagrams E6, E7 and E8. The purpose of these notes is to compare several chosen aspects of the classical and quantum geometries by using the study of spaces of paths and spaces of essential paths (Ocneanu theory) on these diagrams. To keep the size of this contribution small enough, most of our discussion will be limited to the cases of diagrams E6 and E6^{(1)}, i.e. to the quantum and classical tetrahedra. We shall in particular interpret the A11 labelling of the vertices of E6 diagram as a quantum analogue of the usual decomposition of spaces of sections for vector bundles above homogeneous spaces. We also show how to recover Klein invariants of polyhedra by paths algebra techniques and discuss their quantum generalizations.