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Main Authors: Ugalde, William J., Várilly, Joseph C.
Format: Preprint
Published: 2026
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.06946
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  • Two known $q$-deformed (or `quantum') $7$-spheres, both denoted $\mathbb{S}^7_q$ in the literature, may be distinguished by the presence or absence of symmetry under $\mathrm{SU}_q(2)$. The quaternionic version of $\mathbb{S}^7_q$ has been shown by Brain and Landi to support such a symmetry. Here we show that this is not the case for the older $\mathbb{S}^7_q$ introduced by Vaksman and Soibelman: and as a consequence, these quantum $7$-spheres are not isomorphic.