REAL FORMS OF UQ(G)

In this Letter we consider the real forms of quantum groups associated to generalized Cartan matrices. There are two main results. The first is a description of the Hopf algebra automorphisms and of the Hopf *-algebra structures of the quantum group. This immediately yields a precise description of the real forms. The second result establishes a correspondence of these real forms when the quantum group is associated to a complex simple Lie algebra with objects associated to the real forms of the classical object.