Integration on quantum Euclidean space and sphere in $N$ dimensions

Abstract

Invariant integrals of functions and forms over $q$ - deformed Euclidean space and spheres in $N$ dimensions are defined and shown to be positive definite, compatible with the star - structure and to satisfy a cyclic property involving the $D$ - matrix of $SO_q(N)$. The definition is more general than the Gaussian integral known so far. Stokes theorem is proved with and without spherical boundary terms, as well as on the sphere.