The bar involution for quantum symmetric pairs -- hidden in plain sight

We show that all quantum symmetric pair coideal subalgebras Bc of Kac-Moody type have a bar involution for a suitable choice of parameters c. The proof relies on a generalized notion of quasi K-matrix. The proof does not involve an explicit presentation of Bc in terms of generators and relations.

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