2026-07-072026-07-07http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/150862For transcendental values of $q$ all bicovariant first order differential calculi on the coordinate Hopf algebras of the quantum groups $SL_q(n+1)$ and $Sp_q(2n)$ are classified. It is shown that the irreducible bicovariant first order calculi are determined by an irreducible corepresentation of the quantum group and a complex number $ζ$ such that $ζ^{n+1}=1$ for $SL_q(n+1)$ and $ζ^2=1$ for $Sp_q(2n)$. Any bicovariant calculus is inner and its quantum Lie algebra is generated by a central element. The main technical ingredient is a result of the Hopf algebra $R(G_q)^0$ for arbitrary simple Lie algebras.21 pages, LaTeX2e, uses amstex.sty; extended version. To appear in J. reine angew. Math. (Crelle's Journal)Quantum Algebratext