2026-07-072026-07-07http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/136666We study a class of representations of the Lie algebra of Laurent polynomials with values in the nilpotent subalgebra of sl(3). We derive Weyl-type (bosonic) character formulas for these representations. We establish a connection between the bosonic formulas and the Whittaker vector in the Verma module for the quantum group $U_v sl(3)$. We also obtain a fermionic formula for an eigenfunction of the sl(3) quantum Toda Hamiltonian.Latex, 42 pagesQuantum AlgebraMathematical PhysicsPrincipal $\hat{sl}(3)$ subspaces and quantum Toda Hamiltoniantext