2026-07-072026-07-07http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/153431Non--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. ChakrabartiQuantum Algebratext