Quantum elliptic algebras and double Yangians

Abstract

Quantum universal enveloping algebras, quantum elliptic algebras and double (deformed) Yangians provide fundamental algebraic structures relevant for many integrable systems. They are described in the FRT formalism by R-matrices which are solutions of elliptic, trigonometric or rational type of the Yang--Baxter equation with spectral parameter or its generalization known as the Gervais--Neveu--Felder equation. While quantum groups and double Yangians appear as quasi-triangular Hopf algebras, this is no longer the case for elliptic algebras and the various deformations of Yangian type algebras. These structures are dealt with the framework of quasi-Hopf algebras. These algebras can be obtained from Hopf algebras through particular Drinfel'd twists satisfying the so-called shifted cocycle condition. We review these different structures and the pattern of connections between them.