PHYSICS LETTERS B, cilt.282, ss.101-104, 1992 (SCI-Expanded)
We investigate the multi-dimensional q-oscillator whose commutation relations are invariant under the quantum group. The no-interaction limit corresponds to a contraction of the q-oscillator algebra and yields relativistic position operators which can be expressed in terms of the generators of the Poincare group. This leads to the interpretation of the interacting q-oscillator as an relativistic quantum system and results in a hamiltonian whose spectrum is exactly exponential.