%0 Journal Article %T Polynomial Algebras and Higher Spins %A M. Chaichian %A A. P. Demichev %J Physics %D 1996 %I arXiv %R 10.1016/0375-9601(96)00631-7 %X Polynomial relations for generators of $su(2)$ Lie algebra in arbitrary representations are found. They generalize usual relation for Pauli operators in spin 1/2 case and permit to construct modified Holstein-Primakoff transformations in finite dimensional Fock spaces. The connection between $su(2)$ Lie algebra and q-oscillators with a root of unity q-parameter is considered. The meaning of the polynomial relations from the point of view of quantum mechanics on a sphere are discussed. %U http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9602008v1