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\section{Representations of $q$-deformed $U(so(3,{\mathbb C}))$}\label{sec:2.3} \subsection{Real forms of $U_q(so(3, {\mathbb C}))$}\label{sec:2.3.1} \markright{2.3. Representations of $q$-deforemd $U(so(3, \mathbb R))$} $q$-Deformation of the orthogonal Lie algebra $so(3,{\mathbb C})$ was proposed by D.~Fairlie \cite{fai}. This non-standard $q$-analog of $U_q(so(3,{\mathbb C}))$ is constructed starting from $so(3,{\mathbb C})$ defined by the generating elements $I_1$, $I_2$, $I_3$. Namely, $U_q(so(3,{\mathbb C}))$ is an associative algebra generated by $I_1$, $I_2$, $I_3$ satisfying the relations: \begin{align} q^{1/2}I_1I_2-q^{-1/2}I_2I_1&=I_3,\notag \\ q^{1/2}I_2I_3-q^{-1/2}I_3I_2&=I_1,\notag\\ q^{1/2}I_3I_1-q^{-1/2}I_1I_3&=I_2.\label{soq3} \end{align} Note that the Lie algebras $sl(2,{\mathbb C})$ and $so(3,{\mathbb C})$ are isomorphic. However, the quantum algebra $U_q(sl(2,{\mathbb C}))$ differs from the algebra $U_q(so(3,{\mathbb C}))$. Let us describe involutions on the algebra $U_q(so(3,{\mathbb C}))$. It is clear that an involution in an algebra with generators and relations is completely defined by its values on the generators. An involution may send linear combinations of generators to linear combinations of generators. In this case it is said to be an involution of the first order. On the other hand, there might exist involutions which map linear combinations of generators to polynomials of generators of the degree higher then one. If linear combinations of generators are mapped by the involution to polynomials of the second degree then we will call such involutions quadratic. Here we will consider all involutions of the first order and some quadratic involutions for the algebras $ U_q(so(3,{\mathbb C})) $. \begin{proposition} \label{th-inv1-eq} \begin{itemize} \item[$1).$] If $ q\in{\mathbb R} $, $|q|\ne 1$, then all involutions of the first order in the algebra $U_q(so(3,{\mathbb C})) $ are equivalent to the following involution\textup: \[ I_1^*=I_2,\quad I_2^*=I_1,\quad I_3^*= \begin{cases} I_3,&q>0,\\ -I_3,&q<0. \end{cases} \] \item[$2).$] If\/ $ |q| = 1$, $q \neq \pm 1 $, then any involution of the first order in the algebra $ U_q(so(3,{\mathbb C})) $ is equivalent to one of the following two inequivalent involutions\textup: \begin{itemize} \item[$a)$] $ I_1^* = I_1 $, $ I_2^*=-I_2 $, $ I_3^*=I_3 $, \item[$b)$] $ I_1^* = -I_1 $, $ I_2^*=-I_2 $, $ I_3^*=-I_3 $. \end{itemize} \item[$3).$] If\/ $q=-1$, then each involution of the first order in the algebra $ U_q(so(3,{\mathbb C})) $ is equivalent either to \textup{1)}, or $2a)$, or $2b)$. \end{itemize} \end{proposition} \begin{proof} The proof consists of trivial but rather lengthy calculations, and we leave them out. \end{proof} The algebras $U_q(so(3,{\mathbb C}))$ also have some quadratic involutions. Since the element $I_3$ is not independent and determined by $I_1$ and $I_2$, the algebra $U_q(so(3,{\mathbb C}))$ is generated by $I_1$ and $I_2$. If we substitute $I_3$ with the left hand side of the first relation into the second and third relation in (\ref{soq3}), we will get the following two relations of the third order for $I_1$ and $I_2$: \begin{align} I_2^2 I_1 - (q+q^{-1}) I_2 I_1 I_2 + I_1 I_2^{2} &= - I_1, \notag \\ I_1^2 I_2 - (q+q^{-1}) I_1 I_2 I_1 + I_2 I_1^{2} &= -I_2.\label{rel:Mq2} \end{align} Let us find all involutions of the first degree in the algebra with generators $I_1$ and $I_2$ and relations (\ref{rel:Mq2}). The element $I_3$ is defined by the relations (\ref{soq3}). We have the following statement. \begin{proposition} Any such involution is isomorphic either to one of the involutions from Proposition~\textup{\ref{th-inv1-eq}}, or to one of the following ones\textup: $1)$ $q\in{\mathbb R}$, \[ I_1^*=I_1,\quad I_2^*=I_2,\quad I_3^*=\begin{cases} q^{{1}/{2}}I_2I_1-q^{-{1}/{2}}I_1I_2,&q>0,\\ -(q^{{1}/{2}}I_2I_1-q^{-{1}/{2}}I_1I_2),&q<0, \end{cases} \] $2)$ $q \in {\mathbb R}$, \[ I_1^*=I_1,\quad I_2^*=-I_2, \quad I_3^* =\begin{cases} -(q^{{1}/{2}}I_2I_1-q^{-{1}/{2}}I_1I_2),&q>0,\\ q^{{1}/{2}}I_2I_1-q^{-{1}/{2}}I_1I_2,&q<0, \end{cases} \] $3)$ $q \in {\mathbb R}$, \[ I_1^*=-I_1,\quad I_2^*=-I_2, I_3^* =\begin{cases} (q^{{1}/{2}}I_2I_1-q^{-{1}/{2}}I_1I_2),&q>0,\\ -(q^{{1}/{2}}I_2I_1-q^{-{1}/{2}}I_1I_2),&q<0, \end{cases} \] $4)$ $|q|=1$, \[ I_1^*=I_2, \quad I_2^*=I_1, \quad I_3^* = q^{-{1}/{2}}I_2I_1-q^{{1}/{2}}I_1I_2. \] \end{proposition} \subsection{Representations of $U_q(so(3,\mathbb C))$}\label{sec:2.3.2} We will study bounded $*$-representations of the algebra $U_q(so(3,{\mathbb C}))$ on a Hilbert space $H$. We restrict ourselves to a study of representations of the $*$-algebra defined by the involution $I_1^*=-I_1$, $I_2^*=-I_2$ (for $q\in{\mathbb R}$ and $|q|=1$, $q\ne\pm 1$), which, for $q=1$, corresponds to the compact real form of $so(3)$. Henceforth we denote it by $U_q(so(3))$. We assume the following notations $$ [x]_q=\frac{q^x-q^{-x}}{q-q^{-1}},\quad d_q(m)=\frac{1}{(q^m+q^{-m})(q^{m+1}+q^{-(m+1)})}. $$ Let $E_A(\cdot)$ denote the spectral measure of the self-adjoint operator $A$ and $({\mathbf F}(\cdot))_i$ the $i$-th coordinate of a function ${\mathbf F}\colon{\mathbb R}^n\rightarrow {\mathbb R}^n$. Let $J_1$, $J_2$ be defined by $I_1=iJ_1$ and $I_2=iJ_2$. The new generators $J_1$, $J_2$ of $U_q(so(3))$ are self-adjoint and satisfy the relations: \begin{align} J_2^2 J_1 - (q+q^{-1}) J_2 J_1 J_2 + J_1 J_2^{2}& = J_1, \label{rel:soq3I} \\ J_1^2 J_2 - (q+q^{-1}) J_1 J_2 J_1 + J_2 J_1^{2} &= J_2.\label{rel:soq3II} \end{align} \noindent\textbf{1.} Representations of $U_q(so(3))$, $q>0$. \begin{theorem}\label{th1} Any irreducible representation of $U_q(so(3))$, $q>0$, is finite-dimensional. For any $n\geq 1$, irreducible representations in $H={\mathbb C}^n$ are unitarily equivalent to the following one\textup: \begin{align*} J_1e_k&=[k-(n+1)/2]_qe_k, \\ J_2e_k&= \begin{cases} \alpha_1e_2,& k=1,\\ \alpha_ke_{k+1}+\alpha_{k-1}e_{k-1},& 2 \le k \le n-1 ,\\ \alpha_{n-1}e_{n-1},&k=n, \end{cases} \end{align*} where $\alpha_k=(d_q(k-(n+1)/2)[k]_q[n-k]_q)^{1/2}$. \end{theorem} \begin{proof} The proof of the theorem is based on the technique of semilinear relations developed in Section~\ref{sec:1.3} and the technique of dynamical systems. Let $q=e^{\sigma}$, $\sigma\in{\mathbb R}$, and $J_1$, $J_2$ be self-adjoint operators in a Hilbert space $H$ satisfying relations \eqref{rel:soq3I}--\eqref{rel:soq3II}. Equation (\ref{rel:soq3I}) is linear with respect to $J_2$ with the corresponding binary relation: $$ \Gamma=\{(t,s)\mid\Phi(t,s)\equiv t^2-(q+q^{-1})\,ts+s^2-1=0\}. $$ Let \begin{align*} F_{1}(s)&=s\cosh \sigma+\sqrt{s^2\sinh^2\sigma+1}, \\ F_{2}(s)&=s\cosh\sigma-\sqrt{s^2\sinh^2\sigma+1}, \end{align*} and $\sinh\sigma=(q-q^{-1})/{2}$. Then $\Phi(t,s)=(t-F_1(s))(t-F_2(s))$. Consider the parameterization $s=\sinh\sigma x(s)(\sinh\sigma)^{-1} =[x(s)]_q$, $x(s)\in{\mathbb R}$, which gives $F_1(s)=[x(s)+1]_q$, $F_2(s)=[x(s)-1]_q$, and $$ \Gamma=\{([x+1]_q,[x]_q), ([x-1]_q,[x]_q)\mid x\in{\mathbb R}\}. $$ Let $E_{J_1}(\cdot)$ be the resolution of the identity for the operator $J_1$. Then, by Theorem~\ref{cth2}, $J_1$, $J_2$ satisfy \eqref{rel:soq3I} if and only if \begin{equation}\label{supp} E_{J_1}(\Delta)J_2E_{J_1}(\Delta')=0, \end{equation} for any $\Delta$, $\Delta'\in{\mathfrak B}({\mathbb R})$, $\Delta\times\Delta'\cap\Gamma=\emptyset$. For the operator $A_1$ defined by $ J_1={\sinh\sigma A_1}/{\sinh\sigma}$, condition (\ref{supp}) is equivalent to the following one: $$ E_{A_1}(\Delta)J_2E_{A_1}(\Delta')=0,\quad \mbox{for any}\ \Delta,\Delta'\in{\mathfrak B}({\mathbb R}),\ \Delta\times\Delta'\cap\Gamma'=\emptyset, $$ where $\Gamma'=\{(s+1,s), (s-1,s)\mid s\in{\mathbb R}\}$. It follows from Theorem~\ref{cth2} that the operators $A_1$, $J_2$ satisfy the relation $$ A_1^2J_2-2A_1J_2A_1+J_2A_1^2=J_2. $$ Let $E_1=([A_1,J_2]+J_2)/2$, $E_1^*=([A_1,J_2]-J_2)/2$. Then one can check that \begin{gather} A_1E_1=E_1(A_1+I),\quad A_1E_1^*=E_1^*(A_1-I),\notag \\ E_1^*E_1=F(A_1,E_1E_1^*),\label{dynrel} \end{gather} where \[ F(x_1,x_2)=x_2\,\frac{\cosh((x_1-1)\sigma)}{\cosh((x_1+1)\sigma)}- \frac{\sinh(x_1\sigma)}{2\sinh\sigma \cosh((x_1+1)\sigma)}. \] Conversely, any operators $A_1$, $E_1$, $E_1^*$ satisfying \eqref{dynrel} determine a representation $J_1$, $J_2=E_1+E_1^*$ of \eqref{rel:soq3I}--\eqref{rel:soq3II}. It is obvious that the pair ($J_1$, $J_2$) is irreducible if and only if the family ($A_1$, $E_1$, $E_1^*$) is irreducible and there is a one-to one correspondence between classes of unitary equivalent representations of these families. Hence, instead of representations of relations (\ref{rel:soq3I})--(\ref{rel:soq3II}) we can talk about the representations of (\ref{dynrel}). To relation (\ref{dynrel}) there corresponds the dynamical system $(x_1,x_2)\mapsto{\mathbf F}(x_1,x_2)\equiv (x_1+1,F(x_1+1,x_2)$ which has the measurable section $[0,1)\times{\mathbb R}$. Therefore the joint spectral measure of $A_1$, $E_1^*E_1$, is discrete and concentrated on an orbit if ($A_1$, $E_1$, $E_1^*$) is irreducible, and we can choose a basis consisting of its eigenvectors. Then we have \begin{gather*} A_1e_{x_1,x_2}=x_1\, e_{x_1,x_2},\quad E_1^*E_1e_{x_1,x_2}=x_2\,e_{x_1,x_2}, \\ E_1e_{x_1,x_2}=x_2^{1/2} e_{{\mathbf F}(x_1,x_2)}, \quad E_1^*e_{x_1,x_2}= ({\mathbf F}^{-1}(x_1,x_2))_2^{1/2}e_{{\mathbf F}^{-1}(x_1,x_2)} \end{gather*} where $(x_1,x_2)$ is taken from some orbit. The later cannot hold for all points of the orbit, since \begin{align*} ({\mathbf F}^{(k)}(x_1,x_2))_2&= x_2\,\frac{\cosh(x_1\sigma)\cosh((x_1+1)\sigma)} {\cosh((x_1+k)\sigma)\cosh((x_1+k+1)\sigma)} \\ &\quad{}-\frac{\sinh(2x_1+k+1)\sigma)\sinh(k\sigma)}{4\sinh^2\sigma \cosh((x_1+k)\sigma)\cosh((x_1+k+1)\sigma)} \\& \to -\frac{1}{4\sinh^2\sigma},\qquad k\rightarrow\pm\infty, \end{align*} while $({\mathbf F}^{(k)}(x_1,x_2))_2$ are eigenvalues of the self-adjoint non-negative operator $E_1^*E_1$. Thus there exists the highest vector (vector $e_{x_1,x_2}$ with the largest $x_1$) on which $E_1$ acts as zero and the lowest vector, on which $E_1^*$ is zero. Using this argument one can easily get the statement. \end{proof} \noindent\textbf{2.} Representations of $U_q(so(3))$, $q<0$. \begin{theorem}\label{th2} Any irreducible representation of $U_q(so(3))$, $q<0$, is finite-dimensional. For any $p\geq 1$ there exist four unitarily non-equivalent irreducible representations of dimension $2p$ and five irreducible representations of dimension $2p-1$, which act as follows\textup: \textup1. Four representations with any finite dimension, $\dim H=n$, \begin{align*} J_1e_k &=(-1)^{k-1}\,[k+(-1)^j/2]_{-q}\,e_k, \\* J_2e_k& =\begin{cases} \alpha_1\,e_2+(-1)^i\,[n]_{-q}[1/2]_{-q}\,e_1,& k=1,\\ \alpha_k\, e_{k+1}+\alpha_{k-1}\,e_{k-1},& 2\le k \le n-1,\\ \alpha_{n-1}\,e_{n-1},&k=n, \end{cases} \end{align*} where $\alpha_k=(d_{-q}(k-1/2)\,[n-k]_{-q}\,[n+k]_{-q})^{1/2}$, $i$, $j=0$, $1$. \vskip0.5cm \textup{2.} One more representation for each odd dimension, $\dim H=n=2p-1$, \begin{align*} J_1e_k& =(-1)^{k-1}\,[k-(n+1)/2]_{-q}\,e_k, \\ J_2e_k&=\begin{cases} \alpha_1\,e_2,& k=1,\\ \alpha_k\,e_{k+1}+\alpha_{k-1}\,e_{k-1},& 2 \le k\le n-1,\\ \alpha_{n-1}\,e_{n-1},&k=n, \end{cases} \end{align*} where $\alpha_k=(d_{-q}(k-(n+1)/2)\,[k]_{-q}\,[n-k]_{-q})^{1/2}$. \end{theorem} \begin{proof} The proof essentially goes in the same way as that of Theorem~\ref{th1}. Let $q=-e^{\sigma}$, $\sigma\in {\mathbb R}$, and $J_1$, $J_2$ be self-adjoint operators satisfying \eqref{rel:soq3I}--\eqref{rel:soq3II}. Let $\Gamma=\{\Phi(t,s)\equiv t^2-(q+q^{-1})ts+s^2=1\}$ be the the characteristic binary relation corresponding to (\ref{rel:soq3I}). Considering the same parameterization $s={\sinh\sigma x(s)}/{\sinh\sigma}\equiv [x(s)]_{-q}$, $x(s)\in{\mathbb R}$, we get $\Gamma=\{(-[x+1]_{-q},[x]_{-q}), (-[x-1]_{-q},[x]_{-q})\mid x\in{\mathbb R}\}$. As before, $J_1$, $J_2$ satisfy (\ref{rel:soq3I}) if and only if $J_2$ is concentrated on $\Gamma$ with respect to $J_1$, i.e., $$ E_{J_1}(\Delta)J_2E_{J_1}(\Delta')=0,\quad \mbox{for any}\ \Delta,\Delta'\in{\mathfrak B}({\mathbb R}),\ \Delta\times\Delta'\cap\Gamma=\emptyset, $$ which is equivalent to $$ E_{A_1}(\Delta)J_2E_{A_1}(\Delta')=0,\quad \mbox{for any}\ \Delta,\Delta'\in{\mathfrak B}({\mathbb R}),\ \Delta\times\Delta'\cap\Gamma'=\emptyset, $$ where $J_1={\sinh\sigma A_1}/{\sinh\sigma}$ and $\Gamma'=\{(-(x+1),x), (-(x-1),x)\mid x\in{\mathbb R}\}=\{(t,s)\mid t^2+2ts+s^2=1\}$. From this and Theorem~\ref{cth2}, we conclude that $A_1$, $J_2$ satisfy the relation $$ A_1^2J_2+2A_1J_2A_1+J_2A_1^2=J_2. $$ Let $E_1=(\{A_1,J_2\}+J_2)/2$, $E_2=-(\{A_1,J_2\}-J_2)/2$. It is easy to show that $E_1=E_1^*$, $E_2=E_2^*$, $J_2=E_1+E_2$ and \begin{gather}%\label{dynrel3} A_1E_1=-E_1(A_1-I),\quad A_1E_1=-E_1(A_1+I),\notag \\ E_1^2\cosh(\sigma(A_1+I))=E_2^2\cosh(\sigma(A_1-1))-\frac{\sinh\sigma A_1}{2\sinh\sigma}. \label{dynrel4} \end{gather} Conversely, any representation $A_1$, $E_1$, $E_2$ of \eqref{dynrel4} defines a representation $J_1=\sinh\sigma A_1/\sinh\sigma$, $J_2=E_1+E_2$ of the algebra $U_q(so(3))$. Moreover, there is a one-to-one correspondence between irreducible and unitary equivalent representations of both objects. We can now proceed analogously as in the proof of Theorem~\ref{th:gleb} on representations of graded $so(3)$. By the same arguments, we can choose a basis consisting of eigenvectors of the operator $A_1$ for any irreducible representation $A_1$, $E_1$, $E_2$ in $H$. Then we have $$ A_1e_{\lambda}=\lambda\, e_{\lambda},\quad E_1e_{\lambda}=a_1(\lambda)\,e_{1-\lambda},\quad E_2e_{\lambda}=a_2(\lambda)\,e_{-1-\lambda}, $$ where $\lambda$ belongs to the orbit $\Omega=\{F_1^{(k)}F_2^{(m)}(\lambda),k,m\in {\mathbb Z}_+\}$ and $F_1(\lambda)=1-\lambda$, $F_2(\lambda)=-1-\lambda$. The conditions for $A_1$, $E_1$, $E_2$ to satisfy relation \eqref{dynrel4} are the following: \begin{gather*} a_1(1-\lambda)=\overline{a_1(\lambda)},\quad a_2(-1-\lambda)=\overline{a_2(\lambda)}, \\ |a_1(\lambda)|^2\cosh\sigma(\lambda+1)=|a_2(\lambda)|^2\cosh\sigma(\lambda-1)- \sinh\sigma\lambda/2\sinh\sigma. \end{gather*} Similarly to the case of the graded $so(3)$, we see that the last relation cannot hold for any point of the orbit $\Omega$ and there exist the highest vector on which $E_2$ acts as zero and lowest vector on which the operator $E_1$ is zero. This implies that the only orbits satisfying these condition are those which contain $0$ and $\pm 1/2$. Using these conditions one can easily get the statement. \end{proof} \noindent\textbf{3.} Representations of $U_q(so(3))$, $q$ is a root of unity. Let $q=e^{i\sigma}$, $\sigma\in(-\pi,\pi)$. If $q$ is a root of unity, then $\sigma={\pi k}/{n}$, where ${k}/{n}$ is an irreducible fraction. Let $ s=\begin{cases} n,&k\quad\mbox{is even},\\ 2n,&k\quad\mbox{is odd}. \end{cases}$ In what follows, we denote by $I_1$ and $I_2$ the identity $1\times 1$ respectively $2\times 2$ matrices. \begin{theorem}\label{th:soq3root} Let $\sigma=\pi k/{n}$, $\sigma\ne\pi l$. Any irreducible representations of $U_q(so(3))$ is unitarily equivalent to one of the following\textup: $1$. $H={\mathbb C}^s$, $ J_1e_m=[a+m]_q\,e_m$, \[ J_2e_m=\begin{cases} \alpha_0\,e_1+e^{i\phi}\alpha_{s-1}\,e_{s-1},& m=0,\\ \alpha_m\,e_{m+1}+\alpha_{m-1}\,e_{m-1}, &1\le m \le s-2,\\ \alpha_{s-2}\,e_{s-2}+e^{-i\phi}\alpha_{s-1}\,e_{0}, &m=s-1, \end{cases} \] where \begin{align*} \alpha_m&=\biggl(\frac{b\cos a\sigma\cos(a+1)\sigma}{\cos(a+m+1)\sigma\cos (a+m)\sigma} \\ &\qquad{}-\frac{\sin m\sigma \sin(2a+m+1)\sigma}{4\sin^2\sigma \cos(a+m+1)\sigma\cos (a+m)\sigma}\biggr)^{1/2}, \end{align*} the pair $(a,b)$ belongs to the set $\{(a,b)\in$ $M\times{\mathbb R}^+\mid \alpha_m>0,\, m=0,\dots,s-1\}$, $\phi\in [0,2\pi)$, and\/ $\sigma M=[-\pi/2,\pi/2]\setminus\{(\pi (2l+1)+m\sigma)/2\mid l,m\in{\mathbb Z}\}$\textup; \smallskip $2$. $H={\mathbb C}^n$, $k$ is odd, $ J_1e_m=[a+m]_qe_m$, \[ J_2e_m=\begin{cases} (-1)^i\lambda \,e_1+\alpha_1\,e_2,& m=1,\\ \alpha_m\,e_{m+1}+\alpha_{m-1}\,e_{m-1}, & 2\le m \le n-1,\\ \alpha_{n-1}\,e_{n-1}+(-1)^j\lambda\, e_n,& m=n, \end{cases} \] where \begin{align*} \alpha_m&= \biggl(\frac{\sin^2m\sigma}{4\sin^2\sigma \sin(m-1/2)\sigma\sin(m+1/2)\sigma} \\ &\qquad{}-\lambda^2\,\frac{\sin^2(\sigma/2)} {\sin(m-1/2)\sigma\sin(m+1/2)\sigma}\biggr)^{1/2}, \end{align*} $a=-\pi/(2\sigma)-1/2$, $\lambda$ belongs to the set $\{\lambda\in{\mathbb R}^+\mid$ $\alpha_m>0,\, m=1,\ldots,n-1\}$, $i$, $j=0$, $1$\textup; \smallskip $3$. $H={\mathbb C}^{2n}$, $k$ is odd, \begin{gather*} J_1= \begin{pmatrix} \lambda_1I_2&&0\\ &\ddots&\\ 0&&\lambda_nI_2 \end{pmatrix}, \\ J_2=\begin{pmatrix} Y_1&\alpha_1I_2&&\\ \alpha_1I_2&0&\ddots&\\ &\ddots&\ddots&\alpha_{n-1}I_2\\ &&\alpha_{n-1}I_2&Y_2 \end{pmatrix}, \end{gather*} where $\lambda_m=[a+m]_q$, $a=-\pi/(2\sigma)-1/2$, \[ Y_1=\begin{pmatrix} \lambda&0\\ 0&-\lambda \end{pmatrix}, \quad Y_2=\lambda \begin{pmatrix} \cos\varphi&\sin\varphi\\ \sin\varphi&-\cos\varphi \end{pmatrix}, \] $\alpha_m$ is the same as in $2$, $\lambda$ belongs to the set $\{\lambda\in{\mathbb R^+}\mid\alpha_m>0,\, m=1,\ldots,n-1\}$, $\varphi\in(0,\pi)$\textup; \smallskip $4$. $H={\mathbb C}^{n+1}$, $k$ is odd, $J_1e_m=[a+m]_qe_m$, \[ J_2e_m=\begin{cases} \alpha_1e_2,&m=1,\\ \alpha_me_{m+1}+\alpha_{m-1}e_{m-1},&2\le m\le n,\\ \alpha_{n}e_{n},&m=n+1, \end{cases} \] where $a=-\pi/(2\sigma)-1$, $\alpha_1=\alpha_{n}=\sqrt{2}\, |q-q^{-1}|^{-1}\!$, $\alpha_m= {|q-q^{-1}|}^{-1}\!$, $m=2$, \dots, $n-1$\textup; \smallskip $5$. $H={\mathbb C}^{2n}$, $k$ is odd, \begin{gather*} J_1=\begin{pmatrix} \lambda_1I_1&&0\\ &\ddots&\\ 0&&\lambda_{n+1}I_1\\ \end{pmatrix}, \quad J_2=\begin{pmatrix} 0&X_1^*&&\\ X_1&0&\ddots&\\ &\ddots&\ddots & X_{n}^*\\ &&X_{n}&0 \end{pmatrix}, \end{gather*} where $\lambda_m=[m-1-\pi/(2\sigma]_q$, \[ X_1=\begin{pmatrix} \sqrt{2}\,|q-q^{-1}|^{-1}\cos\varphi\\ \sqrt{2}\,|q-q^{-1}|^{-1}\sin\varphi \end{pmatrix}, \quad X_{n}=(\sqrt{2}\,|q-q^{-1}|^{-1},0), \] $X_m=|q-q^{-1}|^{-1}I_2$, $m=2$, \dots, $n-1$, $\varphi\in (0,\pi/2)$\textup; \smallskip $6$. $H={\mathbb C}^{(n+1)/2}$, $k$ is even, $ J_1e_m=(-1)^j[a+m]_q\,e_m$, \[ J_2e_m=\begin{cases} \alpha_1\,e_2+(-1)^i|q-q^{-1}|^{-1}e_1,& m=1,\\ \alpha_m\,e_{m+1}+\alpha_{m-1}\,e_{m-1},& 2\le m \le (n-1)/2,\\ \alpha_{(n-1)/2}\,e_{(n-1)/2},&m=(n+1)/2, \end{cases} \] where $a=\pi/({2\sigma})-{1}/{2}$, $\alpha_m={|q-q^{-1}|}^{-1}$, $m=1$, \dots, $(n-3)/2$, $\alpha_{(n-1)/2}=\sqrt{2}\,|q-q^{-1}|^{-1}$, $i=0$, $1$, $j=0$, $1$\textup; \smallskip $7$. $H={\mathbb C}^n$, $k$ is even, \begin{gather*} J_1=\begin{pmatrix} \lambda_1I_2&&0\\ &\ddots&\\ 0&&\lambda_{p+1}I_1 \end{pmatrix}, \quad J_2=\begin{pmatrix} Y&X_1^*&&\\ X_1&0&\ddots&\\ &\ddots&\ddots & X_{p}^*\\ &&X_{p}&0 \end{pmatrix}, \end{gather*} where $p=(n-1)/2$, $\lambda_m=(-1)^j[\pi/({2\sigma})-1/2+m]_q$, \[ Y=|q-q^{-1}|^{-1} \begin{pmatrix} \cos\varphi&\sin\varphi\\ \sin\varphi&-\cos\varphi \end{pmatrix}, \quad X_{p}=(\sqrt{2}\,|q-q^{-1}|^{-1},0), \] $X_m=|q-q^{-1}|^{-1}I_2$, $m=1$, \dots, $p-1$, $\varphi\in (0,\pi)$, $j=0$, $1$\textup; \smallskip $8$. $H={\mathbb C}^{p}$, $p<n$ if $k$ is odd, $p<(n+1)/2$ if $k$ is even, \begin{align*} J_1e_m&=(-1)^i\,[a+m]_q\,e_m, \\ J_2e_m&=\begin{cases} \alpha_1\,e_2+(-1)^j\frac{\sin p\sigma}{2\sin(\sigma/2)\sin\sigma}\,e_1,&m=1,\\ \alpha_m\,e_{m+1}+\alpha_{m-1}\,e_{m-1},&2 \le m\le p-1,\\ \alpha_{p-1}\,e_{p-1},& m=p, \end{cases} \end{align*} where $$ \alpha_m=\biggl(\frac{\sin(m-l)\sigma\sin(m+l) \sigma}{4\sin^2\sigma\sin(m-1/2)\sigma\sin(m+1/2)\sigma} \biggr)^{1/2}, $$ $a={\pi}/({2\sigma})-{1}/{2}$, $p\in \{p\in{\mathbb Z}_+\mid \alpha_m>0,\, 1\le m<p\}$, $i$, $j=0$, $1$\textup; \smallskip $9$. $H={\mathbb C}^{p}$, $ J_1e_m=[a+m]_q\,e_m$, \[ J_2e_m=\begin{cases} \alpha_1e_2,&m=1,\\ \alpha_me_{m+1}+\alpha_{m-1}e_{m-1},&2\le m\le p-1,\\ \alpha_{l-1}e_{l-1},&m=p, \end{cases} \] where \begin{align*} \alpha_1&=\biggl(-\frac{\sin(a+1)\sigma}{2\sin\sigma\cos(a+ 2)\sigma)}\biggr)^{1/2}, \\ \alpha_m&=\biggl(-\frac{\sin m\sigma\sin(2a+m+1)\sigma} {4\sin^2\sigma\cos(a+m)\sigma\cos(a+m+1)\sigma}\biggr)^{1/2}, \end{align*} $m\ne 1$, the pair $(a,p)$ belongs to the set $\{(a,p)\in{\mathbb R}\times{\mathbb Z}_+\mid \sigma a\ne\frac{\pi}{2}-l\sigma+\pi r$, $[p]_q[2a+p+1]_q=0$, $[a+m]_q\ne [a+n]_q$, $1\leq m<n\leq p$, $\alpha_m>0, m=1,\ldots,p-1, r\in{\mathbb Z}\}$. \smallskip $10$. $H={\mathbb C}^1$, $J_1=0$, $J_2=0$. \end{theorem} \begin{proof} Let $J_1=J_1^*$, $J_2=J_2^*$ be operators on a Hilbert space satisfying (\ref{rel:soq3I})--(\ref{rel:soq3II}) and $\Gamma=\{(t,s)\mid \Phi(t,s)\equiv t^2-(q+q^{-1})\,ts+s^2-1\}$ the characteristic binary relation corresponding to (\ref{rel:soq3I}). By Theorem~\ref{cth2}, \begin{equation}\label{supp1} E_{J_1}(\Delta)J_2E_{J_1}(\Delta')=0, \end{equation} for any $\Delta$, $\Delta'\in{\mathfrak B}({\mathbb R})$, $\Delta\times\Delta'\cap\Gamma=\emptyset$. Denote by $S_0$ the set $\{s\in{\mathbb R}\mid (q-q^{-1})^2s^2+4<0\}$, and by $S_1$ its complement. Then $R\times S_0\cap \Gamma=\emptyset$, which implies that $J_2E_{J_1}(S_0)H=0$. Hence, $H_0:=E_{J_1}(S_0)H$ is invariant with respect to $J_1$, $J_2$ and any irreducible representation in $H_0$ is one-dimensional and given by $$J_1=(\lambda),\quad J_2=(0),\qquad \lambda\in S_0.$$ But, by (\ref{rel:soq3II}), $\lambda=0$ which does not belong to $S_0$. Therefore, the spectrum of $J_1$ belongs to $S_1$. Consider the following parameterization of $S_1$: $\lambda=\sin x\sigma/\sin\sigma$, $x\in {\mathbb R}$. Let $\mathcal O(\{\lambda\})$ be the trajectory of the point $\lambda$ with respect to $\Gamma$, i.e., the minimal subset $M\subset{\mathbb R}$ which contains $\lambda$ and satisfies the condition $({\mathbb R}\setminus M)\times M\cap\Gamma=\emptyset$, and $M\times({\mathbb R}\setminus M)\cap\Gamma=\emptyset$. In our case, $\mathcal O(\{\lambda\})=\{\sin(x+k)\sigma/\sin\sigma\mid k\in{\mathbb Z}\}$. If ($J_1, J_2$) is irreducible, then the measure $E_{J_1}(\cdot)$ is ergodic with respect to $\Gamma$, i.e., either $E_{J_1}(M)=0$ or $E_{J_1}(M)=I$ for any set $M$ which is invariant with respect to $\Gamma$. In fact, if it were not the case, we would conclude that $E_{J_1}(M)H$ or $E_{J_1}(M)H$ is a subspace invariant with respect to $J_1$, $J_2$. Moreover, one can easily check that there exists a measurable section of $(S_1,\Gamma)$, i.e., a set which meets every trajectory only once. Thus any ergodic measure is concentrated on a single trajectory of some point, and, hence the spectrum of the operator $J_1$ is discrete and concentrated on a trajectory if $(J_1,J_2)$ is an irreducible pair. Let $H_1=E_A(\mathcal O(\{\frac{\sin (\pi/2)}{\sin\sigma}\}))H$, $H_2=E_A(\mathcal O(\{-\frac{\sin(\pi/2)}{\sin\sigma}\}))H$, if $k$ is even, and $ H_1=E_A(\mathcal O(\{\frac{\sin (\pi/2)}{\sin\sigma}\}))H$, $H_2=E_A(\mathcal O(\{\frac{\sin ((\pi-\sigma)/2)}{\sin\sigma}\}))H$, if $k$ is odd, $H_3=(H_1\oplus H_2)^{\perp}$. Any trajectory can be described geometrically in the following way: if\/ $t$, $s\in \mathcal O(\{\lambda\})$ and $(t,s)\in\Gamma$, then we draw an edge $\edge{t}{s}$ if $t\ne s$, and a loop $\ear{t}$ if $t=s$. Then we have the following types of trajectories. Any trajectory of the point $t\notin \mathcal O(\{1/{\sin\sigma}\})\cup \mathcal O(\{-{1}/{\sin\sigma}\})\cup \mathcal O(\{{\cos(\sigma/2)}/{\sin\sigma}\})\cup \mathcal O(\{-{\cos(\sigma/2)}/{\sin\sigma}\})$ is a cycle of length $s$, i.e., the following graph: \vrule width0pt depth 9pt$\!\cycle{\lambda_1}{\lambda_2}{\lambda_{s}}$, where $\lambda_m={\sin((x+m)\sigma)}/{\sin\sigma}$, $x\sigma\in [-\pi/2,\pi/2]\setminus \{(\pi(2l+1)+m\sigma)/2\mid m,l\in{\mathbb Z}\}$, The trajectories of the points $\{\pm{1}/{\sin\sigma}\}$, $\{\pm{\cos(\sigma/2)}/{\sin\sigma}\}$ are of the form: a) if $k=2(2p-1)$, $$ \earch{\frac{\cos(\sigma/2)}{\sin\sigma}}{-\frac{1}{\sin\sigma}} \qquad\qquad\qquad \earch{-\frac{\cos(\sigma/2)}{\sin\sigma}} {\frac{1}{\sin\sigma}} $$ b) if $k=4p$, $$ \earch{-\frac{\cos(\sigma/2)}{\sin\sigma}}{-\frac{1}{\sin\sigma}} \qquad\qquad\qquad \earch{\frac{\cos(\sigma/2)}{\sin\sigma}}{\frac{1}{\sin\sigma}} $$ c) if $k=2p-1$, $$ \earchear{\frac{\cos(\sigma/2)}{\sin\sigma}}{-\frac{\cos(\sigma/2)} {\sin\sigma}}\qquad\qquad\qquad \ch{-\frac{1}{\sin\sigma}}{\frac{1}{\sin\sigma}} $$ In what follows we study irreducible representations in each of the subspaces $H_i$, $i=1$, $2 $, $3$. 1. If $J_1$, $J_2$ is an irreducible representation acting in $H_3$, then $\sigma(J_1)\subset \mathcal O(\{{\sin x\sigma}/{\sin\sigma}\}) =\{{\sin((x+k)\sigma)}/{\sin\sigma}\mid 0\le k\le s-1\}$; moreover, $\pm{1}/{\sin\sigma}$, $\pm{\cos(\sigma/2)}/{\sin\sigma} \notin \mathcal O(\{{\sin x\sigma}/{\sin\sigma}\})$. Denote the projection onto the eigenspace of the operator $J_1$ corresponding to $\lambda_k={\sin((x+k)\sigma)}/{\sin\sigma}$ by $P_k$. It follows from condition (\ref{supp1}) that $J_2P_0H_3\subset P_1H_3\oplus P_{s-1}H_3$, $J_2P_{s-1}H_3\subset P_1H_3\oplus P_{s-2}H_3$, and $J_2P_kH_3\subset P_{k+1}H_3\oplus P_{k-1}H_3$ for $k\ne 0, s-1$. Thus the operator $J_2$ can be represented in the form $J_2=X+X^*$, where $X=\sum_{k=0}^{s-2}P_{k+1}J_2P_k+P_0J_2P_{s-1}$. Moreover, the pair ($J_1, J_2$) is irreducible if and only if the triple ($J_1,X,X^*$) is irreducible. One can easily show that $J_1$, $J_2$ satisfy (\ref{rel:soq3II}) iff $X$, $X^*$ are additionally connected by the relations: \begin{equation}\label{ff2} \alpha_kX^*XP_k+\beta_kXX^*P_k=\gamma_kI, \end{equation} where $\alpha_k=-2\cos((x+k+1)\sigma)$, $\beta_k=2\cos((x+k-1)\sigma)$, $\gamma_k={\sin((x+k)\sigma)}/{\sin\sigma}$. Since $\{\pm{1}/{\sin\sigma}\}$ does not belong to the trajectory, $\alpha_k\beta_k\ne 0$. Let $0\le k\le s-1$ be the smallest number such that $\lambda_k\in\sigma(J_1)$. Set $C_k=X^*XP_k$, and denote the resolution of the identity for $C_k$ by $E_{C_k}(\cdot)$. From \eqref{ff2} it follows that $[A,X^s]=0$, $[X^*, X^s]=0$, which yields $X^s=cI$ if ($J_1, X, X^*$) is irreducible. From this we conclude that $\oplus_{l=k}^{s-1}X^{l-k}E_{C_k}(\Delta)\,W$ is invariant with respect to $J_1$, $X$, $X^*$ for any $\Delta\in{\mathfrak B}({\mathbb R})$ and a subspace $W$ such that $C_kW\subset W$. Hence, if ($J_1, X, X^*$) is irreducible, then $\Delta$ is concentrated in one point, and we can choose a basis consisting of eigenvectors of $J_1$, namely, $\{e_{\lambda_k}, Xe_{\lambda_k}/||Xe_{\lambda_k}||,\ldots, X^{s-k-1}e_{\lambda_k}/||X^{s-k-1}e_{\lambda_k}||\}$, where $e_{\lambda_k}$ is an eigenvector of $C_k$ which exists due to the last arguments. Let $X^*Xe_{\lambda_k}\equiv C_ke_{\lambda_k}=b\,e_{\lambda_k}$, $b\in{\mathbb R}_+$. Using (\ref{ff2}) one can get the action of the operators $J_1$, $X$, $X^*$, and $J_2$ on the basis. In particular, if $\sigma(J_1)=\{\lambda_0, \lambda_1,\dots,\lambda_{s-1}\}$, we will have representations of series~1, otherwise, representations from series 9. 2. If $J_1$, $J_2$ is an irreducible representation acting in $H_1$, $H_2$, then it is not necessary for $\sigma(J_1)$ to be simple. First let us consider the case where $J_1$ is concentrated on the trajectory of the form \begin{equation} \earchear{\raise5pt\hbox{\kern5pt$\scriptstyle\lambda_1$}}{\raise 5pt \hbox{\kern5pt$\scriptstyle\lambda_n$}}\label{gr1} \end{equation} where $\lambda_1=-\frac{\cos(\sigma/2)}{\sin\sigma}$, $\lambda_n=\frac{\cos(\sigma/2)}{\sin\sigma}$, and $\sigma(J_1)=\{\lambda_1,\dots,\lambda_n\}$. Denote the projection onto the eigenspace of $J_1$ corresponding to the eigenvalue $\lambda_k=-{\cos((2k-1)\sigma/2}/ {\sin\sigma}$ by $P_k$. As before, the operator $J_2$ can be represented in the form $J_2=X+X^*+Y$, where $X=\sum_{k=1}^{n-1}P_{k+1}J_2P_k$, $Y=P_1J_2P_1+P_nJ_2P_n$, and $Y\ne 0$, $XP_k\ne 0$, for $k<n$. Moreover, ($J_1, J_2$) is irreducible if and only if the family ($J_1, X, X^*, Y$) is irreducible. Clearly $J_1$, $J_2$ satisfy the relation $Q(J_1,J_2)\equiv J_2^2J_1-(q+q^{-1})J_2J_1J_2+J_1J_2^2-J_1=0$ if and only if $P_sQ(J_1,J_2)P_k=0$ for any $1\le k,s\le n$. From this we have: \begin{align} \alpha_kX_k^*X_k+\beta_kX_{k-1}X_{k-1}^*&=\gamma_kI, \qquad k\ne 1,\ k\ne n,\notag \\ \alpha_1X_1^*X_1+\beta_1Y^2P_1&=\gamma_1I,\notag \\ \beta_nX_{n-1}X_{n-1}^*+\alpha_nY^2P_n&=\gamma_nI, \label{ff10} \end{align} where $X_k=XP_k$, $\alpha_k=-2\sin((2k+1)\sigma/2)$, $\beta_k=2\sin((2k-3)\sigma/2)$, $\gamma_k=-{\cos((2k-1)\sigma/2)}/{\sin\sigma}$. Set $D_0=(X^*)^{n-1}X^{n-1}P_1$. Then $P_1H\subset(\ker D_0)^{\perp}$, because if this were not the case, we would conclude that $W=\ker D_0\oplus X\ker D_0\oplus\ldots\oplus X^{n-2}\ker D_0$ is invariant with respect to $J_1$, $J_2$, which contradicts the fact that $\sigma(J_1)=\{\lambda_1,\ldots,\lambda_n\}$. Let $X=U\sqrt{X^*X}$ be the polar decomposition of the operator $X$. Put $Y_1=YP_1$, $Y_2=(U^*)^{n-1}YU^{n-1}P_1$. Let us prove that ($J_1$, $J_2$) is irreducible if and only if the pair ($Y_1$, $Y_2$) is irreducible. In fact, if $W$ is invariant with respect to $Y_1$, $Y_2$, then $W'=W\oplus UW\oplus \ldots U^{n-1}W$ is invariant with respect to $J_1$, $X$, $X^*$, $Y$, and hence with respect to $J_1$, $J_2$: \begin{align*} XU^kW&=U\sqrt{X^*X}U^{k}W \\ &=U^{k+1} \bigl({\mathbf F}^{(k)}\bigl((\sigma-\pi)/{2}, X^*X)\bigr)_2\bigr)^{1/2} W\subset U^{k+1}W, \\ YU^{n-1}W&=U^{n-1}(U^*)^{n-1}YU^{n-1}W\subset U^{n-1}Y_1W\subset U^{n-1}W, \end{align*} where \begin{align*} \mathbf F(x,y)&=(F_1(x,y), F_2(x,y)) \\ &=\bigg(x+1,\frac{y\cos x\sigma}{\cos((x+2)\sigma)}-\frac{\sin((x+1)\sigma)}{2\sin\sigma \cos((x+2)\sigma)}\biggr). \end{align*} Here we use the fact that $UU^*$ is the projection on the orthogonal complement to $\ker(A+(\cos(\sigma/2)/\sin\sigma)I)$. Moreover, (\ref{ff10}) gives \begin{align*} Q_2(Y_2)&=(U^*)^{n-1}XX^*U^{n-1}P_1=(U^*)^{n-2}X^*XU^{n-2}P_1 \\ &=\bigl({\mathbf F}^{(n-2)}((\sigma-\pi)/{2},X^*X)\bigr)_2P_1 \\ &= \bigl({\mathbf F}^{(n-2)}((\sigma-\pi)/{2}, Q_1(Y_1)\bigr) =Q_1(Y_1)+\alpha I, \end{align*} where $Q_1(x)=(-\beta_1x^2+\gamma_1)/\alpha_1$, $Q_2(x)=(-\alpha_n x^2+\gamma_n)/\beta_n$, and $\alpha=({\mathbf F}^{(n-2)}((\sigma-\pi)/{2},x))_2-x= \gamma_n/\beta_n-\gamma_1/\alpha_1$. Hence $Y_1^2=Y_2^2$. For any irreducible pair ($Y_1, Y_2$), we have $Y_1^2=Y_2^2=\lambda I$, $\lambda>0$. Denote the corresponding representation space by $H_0$. Then $\dim H_0\leq 2$. Let $\{e_k,k\in K\}$ be an orthonormal basis in $H_0$. Then $\{U^me_k\mid m=1,\ldots, n-1,\, k\in K\}$ is an orthonormal basis in $H$, and the corresponding operators $J_1$, $J_2$ act as follows: \begin{gather*} J_1=\begin{pmatrix} \lambda_1I&&\\ &\ddots&\\ &&\lambda_nI \end{pmatrix}, \\ J_2= \begin{pmatrix} Y_1&\mu_1(\lambda)I&&\\ \mu_1(\lambda)I&0&\ddots&\\ &\ddots&\ddots&\mu_{n-1}(\lambda)I\\ &&\mu_{n-1}(\lambda)I&Y_2 \end{pmatrix}, \end{gather*} where \begin{align*} \mu_m(\lambda)&=\biggl(\mathbf F^{m-1}\biggl(\frac{\sigma-\pi}{2}, -\frac{\sin(\sigma/2)}{\sin 3\sigma/2)}\,\lambda^2 + \frac{\cos(\sigma/2)}{2\sin(3\sigma/2) \sin\sigma}\biggr)\biggr)_2^{1/2} \\ &=\biggl(\frac{\sin^2(m\sigma)-4\lambda^2\sin^2(\sigma/2)\sin^2\sigma} {4\sin^2\sigma \sin((2m-1)\sigma/2)\sin((2m+1)\sigma/2)}\biggr)^{1/2}, \\ &\qquad\qquad m=1,\dots,n-1, \\ \lambda&\in \Bigl\{x\in{\mathbb R}\Bigm | \Bigl({\mathbf F}^{(m-1)}\Bigl(\frac{\sigma-\pi}{2}, -\frac{\sin(\sigma/2)}{\sin (3\sigma/2)}x^2 \\ &\qquad\qquad\qquad{}+\frac{\cos(\sigma/2)}{2\sin(3\sigma/2) \sin\sigma}\Bigr)\Bigr)_2>0,\, 1\le m\le n-1\biggr\}. \end{align*} Any irreducible pair ($Y_1, Y_2$) is unitarily equivalent to one of the following: a) one-dimensional: $Y_1=(-1)^i\lambda$, $Y_2=(-1)^j\lambda$, $\lambda> 0$, $i,j=0,1$; b) two-dimensional: \[ Y_1=\begin{pmatrix} \lambda&0\\ 0&-\lambda \end{pmatrix},\quad Y_2=\lambda\begin{pmatrix} \cos\varphi&\sin\varphi\\ \sin\varphi&-\cos\varphi \end{pmatrix}, \] with $\lambda>0$, $\varphi\in(0,\pi)$. Hence, all irreducible representations $J_1$, $J_2$ have dimensions $n$ or $2n$; moreover, two such pairs ($J_1, J_2$), ($J_1', J_2'$) are unitarily equivalent if and only if the corresponding pairs ($Y_1, Y_2$), ($Y_1', Y_2'$) are unitarily equivalent. Thus we will get the representations of series 2 and 3 of the theorem. If $\Gamma_0=\Gamma\restriction_{\sigma(J_1)}$ is a proper subgraph of (\ref{gr1}), then arguments similar to those in 1) give that $\sigma(J_1)$ is simple if the pair $J_1$, $J_2$ is irreducible. Using (\ref{ff10}), one can easily describe all unitarily non-equivalent irreducible representations connected with the support $\Gamma_0$. 3. Let now $\Gamma\restriction_{\sigma(J_1)}$ be the following graph \begin{equation}\label{gr2} \ch{-\frac{1}{\sin\sigma}\ \ }{\frac{1}{\sin\sigma}} \end{equation} or one of its subgraphs. Let $P_k$ be the projection onto the eigenspace of $J_1$ corresponding to $\lambda_k=-\cos ((k-1)\sigma)/\sin\sigma$, $k=1$, \dots, $n+1$, $X_k=P_{k+1}J_2P_k$, $X=\sum_{k=1}^{n}X_k$. Using the same arguments we can conclude that $J_2=X+X^*$, and that the operators $X_k$, $X_k^*$ satisfy the following relations: \begin{eqnarray} &&\alpha_kX_k^*X_k+\beta_kX_{k-1}X_{k-1}^*=\gamma_k I,\label{f30} \end{eqnarray} where $\alpha_k=-2\sin(k\sigma)$, $\beta_k=2\sin((k-2)\sigma)$, $\gamma_k=-\cos ((k-1)\sigma)/\sin\sigma$; in particular, $\alpha_{n}=0$, $\beta_2=0$, $\alpha_k\beta_m\ne 0$, $k\ne n$, $m\ne 2$. Moreover, the pair ($J_1, J_2$) is irreducible if and only if the triple ($J_1, X,X^*$) is irreducible. If $\{{1}/{\sin\sigma}\}$ or $\{-{1}/{\sin\sigma}\}$ does not belong to $\sigma(J_1)$, then $X$, $X^*$ satisfy the relation: $$ X^*X=F_1(XX^*,A)\quad \mbox{or}\quad XX^*=F_2(X^*X,A), $$ respectively, where \begin{align*} F_1(\mu,\lambda_k)&=\begin{cases} \frac{\gamma_k-\beta_k\mu}{\alpha_k},& k\ne n,\\ 0,& \mbox{otherwise}, \end{cases} \\ F_2(\mu,\lambda_k)&=\begin{cases} \frac{\gamma_k-\alpha_k\mu}{\beta_k},& k\ne 2,\\ 0,& \mbox{otherwise}. \end{cases} \end{align*} Hence, any irreducible representation can be realized in the space $H=l_2(\Delta)$ by the formulae: $$ J_1e_{k}=\lambda_ke_{k},\quad Xe_k=\mu_ke_{k+1}, $$ where $\Delta=\{\lambda_p,\lambda_{p+1},\ldots,\lambda_{m}\mid 0\le p,m\le n\}$, and either ${1}/{\sin\sigma}\notin\Delta$ or $-{1}/{\sin\sigma}\notin\Delta$, and $\alpha_k\mu_k+\beta_k\mu_{k-1}=\gamma_k$ such that $\mu_k>0$ if $\lambda_k,\lambda_{k+1}\in\Delta$ and $\mu_k=0$ if $\lambda_k\notin\Delta$ or $\lambda_{k+1}\notin\Delta$. If $\{\pm{1}/{\sin\sigma}\}\in\sigma(J_1)$, then the problem of describing irreducible representations ($J_1$, $J_2$) is reduced to that of pairs of operators satisfying some quadratic relations. In order to show that, consider the following operators in the subspace $P_2H$: $D_1=X_1X_1^*$, $D_2=(X_{n}\ldots X_{2})^*X_{n}\ldots X_{2}$. From (\ref{f30}) we have $X_1^*X_1=\frac{\gamma_1}{\alpha_1}I$, $X_{n}\ldots X_2(X_{n}\ldots X_2)^*=\mu I$, where $\mu=\prod_{k=0}^{n-3}({\mathbf F}^{k} (\lambda_{n},\frac{\gamma_n}{\beta_n}))_2\frac{\gamma_{n+1}}{\beta_{n+1}}$, ${\mathbf F}(\lambda_{k+1},x)= (\lambda_{k},(\gamma_k-\alpha_kx)/{\beta_k})$. One can check that ${\gamma_1}/{\alpha_1}={1}/({2\sin^2\sigma})$. Hence $$ D_1(D_1-{1}/({2\sin^2\sigma})I)=0,\quad D_2(D_2-\mu I)=0. $$ Let $H_0$ be a subspace of $H$ which is invariant with respect to $D_1$, $D_2$. Then $$ X_1^*H_0\oplus H_0\oplus X_2H_0\oplus X_3X_2H_0\oplus\ldots\oplus X_{n}\ldots X_2H_0 $$ is invariant with respect to $J_1$, $X$, $X^*$. In fact, using (\ref{f30}) one can easily prove that $X_k^*X_k\ldots X_2=\mu_kX_{k-1}\ldots X_2$, $1<k<n$ (here $\mu_k=1/4\sin^2\sigma$) . Moreover, $$ X_{n-1}\dots X_2X_2^*\dots X^*_{n-1}=\lambda I, $$ where $\lambda=\prod_{k=0}^{n-3}({\mathbf F}^{(k)} (\lambda_{n},{\gamma_{n}}/{\beta_{n}}))_2$. Assuming that $\lambda=0$, we will have that $X_3^*\ldots X_{n-1}^*P_{n}H\oplus\ldots P_{n}H\oplus X_{n}P_{n}H$ is invariant with respect to $J_1$, $J_2$, hence $\sigma(J_1)\not\ni\{{1}/{\sin\sigma}\}$ if the pair ($J_1$, $J_2$) is irreducible, which contradicts the assumption. Thus $\lambda\ne 0$, \begin{gather*} X_{n}^*X_{n}\ldots X_2H_0=\lambda^{-1}\lambda X_{n}^*X_{n}\ldots X_2H_0\\ =\lambda^{-1}(X_{n-1}\ldots X_2X_2^*\ldots X_{n-1}^*)X_{n}^* X_{n}\ldots X_2H_0 \\ \subset X_{n-1}\ldots X_2H_0. \end{gather*} Any irreducible pair ($D_1, D_2$) is one- or two-dimensional. Let us describe the corresponding irreducible pairs $J_1$, $J_2$. Denote the phase of the operator $X_i\ldots X_2$ by $U_i$, the phase of $X_1^*$ by $U_1^*$. If $\dim H_0\le 2$ and $e_1$, $e_2$ is an orthonormal basis in the space $H_0$ such that $e_1\in(\ker D_2)^{\perp}$, then $$ D_1=\frac{1}{2\sin^2\sigma} \begin{pmatrix} 1+\cos\varphi&\sin\varphi\\ \sin\varphi&1-\cos\varphi \end{pmatrix},\quad D_2=\begin{pmatrix} \mu&0\\ 0&0 \end{pmatrix}, $$ $U_ie_1$, $U_ie_2$ is an orthonormal basis in $X_i\ldots X_2H_0$, $2\leq i< n$, and the vectors $U_{n}e_1$ and $U_1(\cos(\varphi/2)e_1+\sin(\varphi/2)e_2)$ generate the spaces $X_{n}\ldots X_2H_0$ and $X_1^*H_0$, respectively. Note that $\cos(\varphi/2)\,e_1+ \sin(\varphi/2)\,e_2 \in(\ker D_1)^{\perp}$. To describe the action of the operator $J_2$ on this basis, it is sufficient to know it for the operators $X_i$. We have \begin{align*} X_{i+1}U_ie_k&=\Bigl(\prod_{l=2}^{i-1}\mu_l\Bigr)^{-1/2}X_{i+1}\dots X_2e_k= \sqrt{\mu_i}\,U_{i+1}e_k \\* &=({2\sin\sigma})^{-1}U_{i+1}e_k,\qquad i<n-1; \\ X_{n}U_{n-1}e_k&=\Bigl(\prod_{l=2}^{n-1}\mu_l\Bigr)^{-1/2}X_{n}\dots X_2\,e_k \\* &=\begin{cases} 0,& k=2,\\ ({\sqrt{2}\sin\sigma})^{1/2}U_{n}e_1,& k=1, \end{cases} \\ &\hskip-4emX_1U_1^*(\cos(\varphi/2)\,e_1+\sin(\varphi/2)\,e_2) \\ &=\sqrt{2}\sin\sigma X_1X_1^*(\cos(\varphi/2)\,e_1+ \sin(\varphi/2)\,e_2)= \\ &=(\sqrt{2}\sin\sigma)^{-1}(\cos(\varphi/2)\,e_1+\sin(\varphi/2)\,e_2). \end{align*} Thus we will get representations from series 5. If $\dim H_0=1$, then $D_1\ne 0$ and $D_2\ne 0$, since otherwise $\sigma(J_1)\ne\{\lambda_1,\ldots,\lambda_{n+1}\}$. If ${\mathbb C}e_1=H_0$, then using the same arguments one can show that $\{U_1^*e_1,e_1,U_1e_1,\ldots U_{n}e_1\}$ is an orthogonal basis in $H$, and the corresponding irreducible representation ($J_1, J_2$) form series 6. 4. Suppose that the support of $J_2$ is \begin{equation}\earch{\raise5pt\hbox{\ $\scriptstyle\lambda_1$}} {\raise5pt\hbox{$\scriptstyle\quad\quad\lambda_{(n+1)/2}$}}\label{gr3} \end{equation} where $\lambda_1=\pm({\cos\sigma/2})/{\sin\sigma}$, $\lambda_{(n+1)/2}={1}/{\sin\sigma}$. Let us consider the case $\lambda_1=({\cos\sigma/2})/{\sin\sigma}$ (for $\lambda_1=-({\cos\sigma/2})/{\sin\sigma}$ the proof is the same). The operator $J_2$ can be represented in the form $J_2=X+X^*+Y$, where $X=\sum_{k=1}^{(n-1)/2}P_{k+1}J_2P_k$, $Y=P_1J_2P_1$, $P_k$ is the projection on the eigenspace which corresponds to the eigenvalue $\lambda_k= ({\cos((2k-1)\sigma/2)})/{\sin\sigma}$. Let $X_k=XP_k$. Then \begin{align} \alpha_kX_k^*X_k+\beta_kX_{k-1}X_{k-1}^*&=\gamma_kI, \qquad k\ne 1,\notag \\ \alpha_1X_1^*X_1+\beta_1Y^2P_1&=\gamma_1I, %\label{ff31} \label{ss} \end{align} where $\alpha_k=-2\sin((2k+1)\sigma/2)$, $\beta_k=2\sin((2k-3)\sigma/2)$, $\gamma_k=-\cos((2k-1)\sigma/2)/\sin\sigma$; in particular, $\alpha_k\ne 0$ for $k\ne (n-1)/2$, $\alpha_{(n-1)/2}=0$. As above, the problem of describing irreducible representations ($J_1, J_2$) reduces to that of irreducible pairs ($D_1, D_2$) satisfying some quadratic relation. Here \[ D_1=Y,\quad D_2=(X_{(n-1)/2}\ldots X_1)^*X_{(n-1)/2}\ldots X_1, \] and $D_2(D_2-\mu I)=0$, $D_1^2={1}/({4\sin^2\sigma}) I$, $\mu$ is defined by \[ X_{(n-1)/2}\dots X_1(X_{(n-1)/2}\dots X_1)^*=\mu I, \] which can be easily obtained from (\ref{ss}). If $H_0$ is invariant with respect to $D_1$, $D_2$, then $H_0\oplus XH_0\oplus\ldots\oplus X^{(n-1)/2}H_0$ is invariant with respect to $J_1$, $X$, $X^*$. Moreover, the dimensions of the irreducible representations are $(n+1)/2$. This follows by the same method as in the previous case and we get representations 6, 7. If ($J_1, J_2$) is irreducible and $\sigma(J_1) \subset\{\lambda_1,\ldots,\lambda_{(n+1)/2}\}$ is a proper subset then, as before, we conclude that $\sigma(J_1)$ is simple and the irreducible representation is realized in $l_2(\Delta)$, where $\Delta=\{\lambda_p,\lambda_{p+1},\dots,\lambda_m\}$, for some $1\le p,m\le (n+1)/2$ and either $\lambda_1\notin\Delta$ or $\lambda_{(n+1)/2}\notin\Delta$. We obtain series 8 if $\lambda_1\in\Delta$ or 9 if $\lambda_1\notin\Delta$. \end{proof} \noindent\textbf{4.} Representations of\/ $U_q(so(3))$, $q$ is not a root of unity. Let $q=e^{i\sigma}$, where $\sigma\notin\pi{\mathbb Q}$. Analysis similar to that as in the proof of Theorem~\ref{th:soq3root} shows that if the pair ($J_1, J_2$) defines a non-trivial irreducible representation, then $\sigma(J_1)\in S_1=[{-1}/{\sin\sigma},{1}/{\sin\sigma}]$. Moreover, the operator $J_2$ is concentrated on $\Gamma=\{(t,s)\mid t^2-(q+q^{-1})\,ts+s^2=0\}$. Any trajectory of a point $\lambda=\sin x\sigma/\sin\sigma\in S_1$ with respect to $\Gamma$ is of the form $ \mathcal O(\{\lambda\})=\{\sin(x+k)\sigma/\sin\sigma\mid k\in{\mathbb Z}\}$ which is clearly dense in $S_1$, and there is no measurable section of ($S_1, \Gamma$). In this case there exist irreducible representations which are not concentrated on a trajectory. The description of such representations is problematic. The description of irreducible representations related to trajectories can be obtained using the same technique (see \cite{100} for the concrete formulae). %%% Local Variables: %%% mode: latex %%% TeX-master: "the" %%% TeX-master: "the" %%% End: