It is discussed how the representations of the Lie algebra su(l, 1) and its q-deformation sUq(l, 1) are constructed in terms of operators a, at and N satisfying N, a =-a, N, at=a t and Nt =N. It is found that any irreducible unitary representation of su(l, i) and suil, 1) can be described by a, at and N in an infinite number of ways.
Hirayama et al. (Sun,) studied this question.