Aspects of the algebraic structure and representation theory of the quantum affine superalgebras with symmetrizable Cartan matrices are studied. The irreducible integrable highest weight representations are classified, and shown to be deformations of their classical counterparts. It is also shown that Jimbo type quantum affine superalgebras can be obtained by deforming universal enveloping alge...

This technical correspondence presents a surprisingly simple analytical criterion for the stability of general second-order asymmetric linear systems. The criterion is based on the fact that if a symmetric system is stable, adding a small amount of asymmetry would not cause instability. We compute analytically an upper bound on the allowed asymmetry such that the overall linear system is stable...

We consider the class of viscous-dispersive and higher-order conservation laws. We generalize the work of Kawashima and Shizuta, and others, by extending to higher-order the notions of symmetrizability, strict dissipativity, and genuine coupling. We prove, for symmetrizable systems, that strict dissipativity is equivalent to both (i) genuine coupling and (ii) the existence of a skew-symmetric c...

Lie algebra involutions and their fixed-point subalgebras give rise to symmetric spaces real forms of complex algebras, are well-studied in the context symmetrizable Kac-Moody algebras. In this paper we study a generalization. Namely, introduce concept pseudo-involution, an automorphism which is only required act involutively on stable Cartan subalgebra, pseudo-fixed-point natural substitute fo...

We name an indecomposable symmetrizable generalized Cartan matrix A and the corresponding Kac–Moody Lie algebra g(A) of the arithmetic type if for any β ∈ Q with (β|β) < 0 there exist n(β) ∈ N and an imaginary root α ∈ ∆ such that n(β)β ≡ α mod Ker (.|.) on Q. Here Q is the root lattice. This generalizes ”symmetrizable hyperbolic” type of Kac and Moody. We show that generalized Cartan matrices ...