“…By definition ( [18], [17]), the quantum quasi-shuffle algebra Q σ,m (V ) is the subalgebra of T σ,m (V ) generated by V . Another direct definition of the total symmetrization operator is given by Jian [16] by generalizing the construction of Guo and Keigher ([13]), compared to their results, our approach makes the combinatorial aspects of the quantum quasi-shuffle product (quasi-shuffle product, quantum shuffle product) more transparent and can be applied not only to the extremal cases (i.e., |I| = 1 and |I| = n − 1) as in [16] but also to an arbitrary descent.…”