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Abstract Crystals for Quantum Generalized Kac-Moody Algebras
1 Department of Mathematical Sciences and Research Institute of Mathematics, Seoul National University, San 56-1 Shinrim-Dong, Kwanak-Ku, Seoul, 151747, Korea
2 Research Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Kyoto University, Kitashirakawa, Sakyo-Ku, Kyoto 6068502, Japan
3 Department of Mathematics, Chonnam National University, Yongbong-dong, Buk-gu, Kwangju, 500-757, Korea
Correspondence: Correspondence to be sent to: Dong-Uy Shin, Department of Mathematics, Chonnam National University, Yongbong-dong, Buk-gu, Kwangju, 500-757, Korea. e-mail: dushin{at}chonnam.ac.kr
In this article, we introduce the notion of abstract crystals for quantum generalized Kac-Moody algebras and study their fundamental properties. We then prove the crystal embedding theorem and give a characterization of the crystals B(
) and B(
).