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Nov 14, 2017 at 2:28 history edited Konstantinos Kanakoglou CC BY-SA 3.0
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Nov 13, 2017 at 5:04 vote accept Adam
Nov 13, 2017 at 4:36 comment added Adam Oops, of course! :-)
Nov 13, 2017 at 4:08 history edited Konstantinos Kanakoglou CC BY-SA 3.0
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Nov 13, 2017 at 4:00 comment added Konstantinos Kanakoglou In fact: $[a,xy]=a\cdot(xy)=\sum (a_1\cdot x)(a_2\cdot y)=x[a,y]+[a,x]y$.
Nov 13, 2017 at 3:52 comment added Konstantinos Kanakoglou Your claim is correct in that, if $a$ is primitive then $a\cdot x=[a,x]$. However, if $a$ is primitive then $a_1$ and $a_2$ cannot both be primitives. One of them is equal to $1$. Unlike the primitive case: $1\cdot x=x \neq [1,x]=0$. Consequently, your mistake lies at the following: $[a,xy]=a\cdot(xy)=\sum (a_1\cdot x)(a_2\cdot y)\neq \sum [a_1,x][a_2,y]$.
Nov 13, 2017 at 0:07 comment added Adam Many thanks! That is indeed on the spot. I was however hoping to generalize inner automorphisms beyond conjugation by grouplike elements and I got confused. By Montgomery's book, for $a,x\in H,$ $a\cdot x=\sum a_1xS(a_2)$ is a measuring and, hence, $a\cdot (xy)=\sum (a_1\cdot x)(a_2\cdot y)$. If $a$ is primitive then $a\cdot x=[a,x]=ax-xa$ (Eg. 6.1.6) implying $[a, xy]=\sum [a_1,x][a_2,y].$ But this is not true, since this sum is $[a,x] [1,y]+[1,x][a,y]=0.$ Where do I make a mistake?
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Nov 9, 2017 at 20:12 history answered Konstantinos Kanakoglou CC BY-SA 3.0