Quantum differential operators on K[x]

Abstract

Following the definition of quantum differential operators given by Lunts and Rosenberg in (Sel. math., New ser. 3 (1997) 335--359), we show that the ring of quantum differential operators on the affine line is the ring generated by x and \del, the familiar differential operators on the line, along with two additional operators which we call \del^\beta^1 and \del^\beta^-1. We describe this ring both as a subring of the ring of graded endomorphisms and as a ring given by generators and relations. From this starting point, we are able to describe the ring of quantum differential operators on affine n-space and to construct the ring of global quantum differential operators on the projective line.