Quantized coordinate rings, PBW-type bases and q-boson algebras

Recently, Kuniba, Okado and Yamada proved that the transition matrix of PBW-type bases of the positive-half of a quantized universal enveloping algebra $U_q(\mathfrak{g})$ coincides with a matrix coefficients of the intertwiner between certain irreducible modules over the corresponding quantized coordinate ring $A_q(\mathfrak{g})$, introduced by Soibelman. In the present article, we give a new proof of their result, by using representation theory of the $q$-boson algebra, and the Drinfeld paring of $U_q(\mathfrak{g})$.