$\ell$-weights and factorization of transfer operators

Abstract

We analyze the $\ell$--weights of the evaluation and $q$-oscillator representations of the quantum loop algebras $\mathrm U_q(\mathcal L(\mathfrak{sl}_{\, l + 1}))$ for $l = 1$ and $l = 2$ and prove the factorization relations for the transfer operators of the associated quantum integrable systems.