Q-EUCLIDEAN SPACE AND QUANTUM WICK ROTATION BY TWISTING

The quantum matrix algebra R(21)x(1)x(2)=x(2)x(1)R is studied and prop osed for the standard 2X2 case as the coordinates of q-deformed Euclid ean space. The algebra in this simplest case is isomorphic to the usua l quantum matrices M(q)(2) but in a form which is naturally covariant under the Euclidean rotations SUq(2)circle times SUq(2). A quantum Wic k rotation is introduced that twists this system precisely into the ap proach to q-Minkowski space based on braided matrices and their associ ated spinorial q-Lorentz group.