Drinfeld-Jimbo quantum groups have made major impacts on representation theory and other areas. i-Quantum groups arise from quantum symmetric pairs. We shall explain why it is natural to view i-quantum groups as a generalization of quantum groups, and then discuss some of the many new developments and applications of i-quantum groups as initiated in Huanchen Bao’s UVA dissertation.
This video was part of the Southeastern Lie Theory Workshop XII.
