Non--Minimal $q$--Deformations and Orthogonal Symmetries: $U_q$(SO(5)) Example

Abstract

Non--minimal $q$-deformations are defined. Their role in the explicit construction of the matrix elements of the generators of ${\cal U}_{q}(SO(5))$ on suitably parametrized bases are exhibited. The implications are discussed.

9 pages, Latex-file. Talk presented at the Nankai workshop, Tianjin, 1995 by A. Chakrabarti