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An extended q-deformed su(2) algebra and the Bloch electron problem

Kazuo Fujikawa, Harunobu Kubo

hep-tharXiv:hep-th/9707172

Abstract

It is shown that an extended q-deformed su(2) algebra with an extra (``Schwinger '') term can describe Bloch electrons in a uniform magnetic field with an additional periodic potential. This is a generalization of the analysis of Bloch electrons by Wiegmann and Zabrodin. By using a representation theory of this q-deformed algebra, we obtain functional Bethe ansatz equations whose solutions should be functions of finite degree. It is also shown that the zero energy solution is expressed in terms of an Askey Wilson polynomial.

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