The universal R-matrix for the Jordanian deformation of sl(2), and the contracted forms of so(4)

Abstract

We introduce a universal R matrix for the Jordanian deformation of $\U{ \sl(2)}$. Using $\Uh{\so(4)}=\Uh{\sl(2)} \oplus {\rm U}_{-h}(\sl(2))$, we obtain the universal R matrix for $\Uh{\so(4)}$. Applying the graded contractions on the universal R matrix of $\Uh{\so(4)}$, we show that there exist three distinct R matrices for all of the contracted algebras. It is shown that $\Uh{\sl(2)}$, $\Uh{\so(4)}$, and all of these contracted algebras are triangular.