Questions tagged [hopf-algebras]
A Hopf algebra is a vector space $H$ over a field $k$ endowed with an associative product $\times:H\otimes_k H\to H$ and a coassociative coproduct $\Delta:H\to H\otimes_k H$ which is a morphism of algebras. Unit $1:k\to H$, counit $\epsilon:H\to k$ and antipode $S:H\to H$ are also required. Such a structure exists on the group algebra $k G$ of a finite group $G$.
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Analog of Haar element in an algebra
In a Hopf algebra $H $ (over some field $ k $), there is the notion of a Haar element $ h \in H$. This is an element of the algebra which has the property that if $ V $ is a representation of $ H $, ...
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Axiomatic definition of quantum groups
This is a question I've discussed with a lot of mathematicians, and have read some mathematical texts about, and watched some conference talks about: what is, axiomatically, a quantum group?
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Subalgebra of a group algebra
Let $k$ be a field, $G$ a finite group, and $k[G]$ the group algebra.
Let $A$ be a subalgebra of $k[G]$. In general, $A$ is not the group algebra of some subgroup $H$ of $G$.
Question: Is there any ...
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On the isomorphism problem of enveloping algebras
Let $\mathfrak{g}$ and $\mathfrak{g}'$ be Lie algebras. It is known that if $U(\mathfrak{g})\cong U(\mathfrak{g}')$ as associative algebras, then it is not necessarily true that $\mathfrak{g}\cong \...
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Is there a canonical Hopf structure on the center of a universal enveloping algebra?
Let $\mathfrak g$ be a finite-dimensional Lie algebra over $\mathbb C$. Define $\mathcal Z(\mathfrak g)$ to be the center of the universal enveloping algebra $\mathcal U\mathfrak g$, and define $(\...
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What kind of algebraic object is $\mathcal{D}_X$? (algebra of diifferential operators). What's special about modules over it?
Let $R$ be a regular ring over a field of char 0. Let $X=Spec R$ and $D=\mathcal{D}_X$
the algebra of differential operators over it.
The overall vague question is what kind of algebraic object is $...
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Comparing two similar procedures for quantizing a Casimir Lie algebra
My primary reference for this question is the very good book Quantum Groups and Knot Invariants by C. Kassel, M. Rosso, and V. Turaev. I'm also drawing from P. Etingof and O. Schiffmann, Lectures on ...
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Is there a non-Kac complex finite dimensional semisimple Hopf algebra?
A complex (finite-dimensional) Hopf algebra is said to be a
Kac algebra if it is a ${\rm C^{\star}}$-algebra in such a way that the comultiplication $\Delta$ is a $\star$-homomorphism. Obviously, a (...
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Hopf-Galois extensions where the "extension" is a module?
For $H$ a Hopf-algebra, an $H$-Hopf-Galois extension is a map of rings $\phi\colon\thinspace A\to B$ such that $H$ coacts on $B$ over $A$, $B\otimes_AB\cong B\otimes H$, and the cofixed points, or the ...
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Given an algebra, can it be realized as a block of a Hopf algebra?
During a classification problem I came across a set of algebras given as the path algebra of a quiver with relations. As an example the local ones: $k\langle x,y\rangle/x^2,y^2, xy-qyx$, where $q\in k$...
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The tensor product of two monoidal categories
Given two monoidal categories $\mathcal{M}$ and $\mathcal{N}$, can one form their tensor product in a canonical way?
The motivation I am thinking of is two categories that are representation ...
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Hopf Algebras and Quantum Groups
I have studied graduate abstract algebra and would like to learn about Hopf algebras and quantum groups. What book or books would you recommend? Are there other subjects that I should learn first ...
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Structure of the adjoint representation of a (finite) group (Hopf algebra) ?
Every group acts on itself by conjugation $h \mapsto g h g^{-1}$. Respectively considering functions on a group we obtain a linear representation.
Question 1: what is known about this representation ...
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Quantized Enveloping Algebras at $q=1$
As is well-known, the quantized enveloping algebra $U_q(\frak{sl}_2)$ is not well-defined when $q=1$ because of the relation
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[E,F] = \frac{K-K^{-1}}{q-q^{-1}}.
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Cartier-Kostant-Milnor-Moore theorem
If $k$ is an algebraically closed field of characteristic zero and $H$ is a cocommutative Hopf algebra, then
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H \cong U(P(H)) \ltimes kG(H).
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A quantum Grothendieck group?
Question 1: Given a co-commutative bialgebra, does there exist a sort of Grothendieck group type construction? Presumably this should take the form of a functor from co-commutative bialgebras to hopf ...
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Hopf algebras and bijective antipodes
By a theorem of Larson and Sweedler, the antipode of every finite-dimensional Hopf algebra is bijective.
My question is the following:
Is it true that in every noetherian Hopf algebra the antipode ...
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W H Lin's thesis and Hopf subalgebras of the Steenrod algebra
If $B$ is a subalgebra of $A$, you can ask whether the $B$-module structure on $B$ can be extended to give an $A$-module structure on $B$.
W H Lin, in his 1973 PhD thesis at Northwestern, showed that ...
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Faithfully flat descent over Hopf algebras in terms of comodule structures
Let $A$ be a (finite-dimensional graded cocommutative) Hopf algebra over a field $k$, $E$ be a Hopf subalgebra, and $R=A \otimes_E k$. Then the comultiplication on $A$ induces a coalgebra structure ...
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Unbiased Hopf algebras
In category theory, a notion of monoidal category in which every sequence $X_1, \ldots , X_n$ ($n\ge 0$) of objects has a specified product is called an ``unbiased monoidal category'' (see Section 3.1 ...
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Antipode of Hopf algebra in braided monoidal category is an algebra antihomomorphism?
I realize that the question posed in the title has already been addressed here: Identities that connect antipode with multiplication and comultiplication, where the graphical calculus proof provided ...
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Generators of the Odd Dimensional Quantum Spheres
As is well-known, the $(2N-1)$-quantum sphere $S^{2N-1}_q$ is defined to be the invariant subalgebra of $SU_q(N)$ under the coaction $\Delta_R = (id \otimes \pi) \circ \Delta$, where $\Delta$ is the ...
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When are representation rings special lambda-rings? (variations of an old question)
Status: Questions 2 and 4 answered in the negative. Questions 1 and 3 ARE STILL UNANSWERED, despite previous claims.
On the third page of Wolfang K. Seiler's paper "lambda-rings and Adams ...
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Connected graded involutive bialgebras (Hopf algebras) sought (for Dynkin idempotent checking)
Again, there is a general and a concrete question:
Concrete question. Let $H$ be a connected graded bialgebra over a commutative ring $k$ with unity (where graded means $\mathbb N$-graded). Then, it ...
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Natural knot homology
All knot homology theories I've seen share a flaw: their definitions explicitly use some combinatorial choices (such as a diagram presentation). The coin, however, has two sides and the other one is ...
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Is there a homotopy coherent analogue of Dieudonné modules?
Let $K$ be a perfect field with characteristic $>0$ and $\mathcal{H}$ the category of graded connected abelian hopf algebras over $K$.
By a theorem of Schoeller there is a canonical equivalence ...
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Lazard's theorem and Hopf structures on the polynomial algebra
Let $k$ be an algebraically closed field of characteristic $0$. A well-known result of Lazard's states that an algebraic group which is isomorphic as a variety to an affine space is unipotent (M. ...
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What is the role of fiber functor in Deligne's theorem on Tannakian categories?
The theorem states that, for a field $k$ of characteristic 0, any $k$-linear tensor category with $End(1)=k$ satisfying a condition that each object is annihilated by a Schur functor, is equivalent to ...
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What is a pointed Hopf algebra?
Hi,
I would like to know what pointed Hopf algebras are and why it is that they are important.
Thank you.
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Hopf structure on the universal enveloping of a super Lie algebra
The universal enveloping algebra of a Lie algebra has a canonically defined Hopf algebra structure. Is the same true of the universal enveloping of a super Lie algebra? A presentation in terms of the ...
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About the classification of commutative and of cocommutative, fin. dim. Hopf algebras
I want to prove that the cocommutative finite dimensional Hopf algebras over an algebraically closed field of characteristic zero are group algebras (for some finite group) and that the commutative f....
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Hopf algebra with a non-invertible antipode
What is an example of a Hopf algebra with a non-invertible antipode?
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Twist of a group Hopf-algebra
Let $G$ be a finite group with identity element $e$, and $C[G]$ the ring of complex-valued functions on $G$, with pointwise addition and multiplication. Then $C[G]$ is naturally a Hopf algebra, with ...
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The coproduct on the cohomology of a Hopf algebra
If $H$ is a Hopf algebra over a field $k$, the Hopf algebra cohomology $\mathrm{Ext}_H(k,k)$ is —as usual— an algebra, but the Hopfness of $H$ turns it into a Hopf algebra.
Is there a reference on ...
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Tannaka-Krein duality in Chari-Pressley's book
I am not sure that this was not discussed before, so excuse me in this case. This can be considered as a special case of my previous question here.
V.Chari and A.N.Pressley in their "Guide to Quantum ...
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A diagram for understanding action/coaction compatibility in a Yetter-Drinfeld module
For a Hopf algebra $H$ with antipode $S$, let $M$ be a left $H$-module with the action $h \otimes m \mapsto \rho(h,m)$, and also a left $H$-comodule with coaction $\delta \colon m \mapsto m^{(-1)} \...
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An explicit description of $\operatorname{gr}(k \cdot G)$ for the filtration induced by the augmentation ideal?
Let $A$ be any bialgebra (associative, unital, etc.) over a ring $k$. Then among other things it has a counit $\epsilon : A \to k$, and hence an augmentation ideal $I = \ker \epsilon$, which is a ...
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Is there a "correct" general setting for the principle: "tensoring any object with a projective object yields another projective"?
Apparently this principle was first formulated for left modules over the group algebra $A=kG$ of a finite group, where $k$ is a field of characteristic $p>0$ dividing $|G|$. (See Exercise 2 on p. ...
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Is there a good reference for the relationship between the Yangian and formal based loop group?
For every finite dimensional semi-simple Lie group $\mathfrak{g}$, we have a loop algebra $\mathfrak{g}[t,t^{-1}]$. This loop algebra has a natural invariant inner product by taking the residue at ...
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Tannakian formalism for topological Hopf algebras
Tannaka-Krein duality allows, under the appropriate assumptions, to reconstruct a Hopf algebra from its category of modules. This method was found to be powerful for instance in the work of Etingof-...
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Functoriality of the Hopf dual
Given Hopf $\mathbb{C}$-algebra $H$, it's Hopf dual $H^o$ is the largest Hopf algebra contained in $H^*$, the $\mathbb{C}$-linear dual of $H$. (This is well known to be well-defined, see for example ...
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Exceptional Quantum Groups as FRT-Algebras
Let $\frak{g}$ be a simple Lie algebra of A,B,C,or D series type. Moreover, let $U_q(\frak{g})$ be its Drinfeld-Jimbo quantized enveloping algebra, and $G_q$ the quantized enveloping algebra. As is ...
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What's the relation between half-twists, star structures and bar involutions on Hopf algebras?
A star structure on a Hopf algebra is an antilinear antiautomorphism squaring to 1 and satisfying some further axioms. A Hopf algebra with a star structure is then a star algebra and a Hopf algebra in ...
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Are local finite dimensional Hopf algebras symmetric?
Recall that a finite dimensional algebra $A$ over a field $K$is called a Frobenius algebra in case $A \cong D(A)$ as right modules, where $D(A) \cong Hom_K(A,K)$. In case $A \cong D(A)$ as bimodules, ...
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Bicommutative Hopf algebras have internal hom objects. What are they?
Let $k$ be a field and $\mathcal H$ the category of conilpotent bicommutative Hopf algebras over $k$. (Conilpotent means that every element eventually becomes zero if you apply the reduced ...
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Faithful characters of finite groups
Related to a previous question I am asking furthermore a proof
for the following:
Question 1: If $\chi$ is a faithful irreducible character of a
finite group $G$ then the regular character of $G$ is ...
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The dual of a dual in a rigid tensor category
For a rigid tensor category $\cal{C}$, can it happen that, for some $X \in {\cal C}$, we have that $X$ is not isomorphic to $(X^{*})^*$, for $*$ denoting dual? If so, what is a good example.
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Tensor product of linear mappings versus chain complexes
A chain complex of vector spaces $X_k$ is a sequence of linear mappings
$\dots \overset{d_{k-1}}{\longrightarrow} X_k \overset{d_{k}}{\longrightarrow} X_{k+1} \overset{d_{k+1}}{\longrightarrow} \dots$...
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Algebra in a category
I am try to understand the concept: an algebra in a category. Let $\mathcal{C}$ be a category and $A$ an object in $\mathcal{C}$. $A$ is an algebra in $\mathcal{C}$ means the multiplication $m: A \...
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If associated-graded of a filtered bialgebra is Hopf, does it follow that the original bialgebra was Hopf?
Warning: older texts use the word "Hopf algebra" for what's now commonly called "bialgebra", whereas now "Hopf" is an extra condition. So as to avoid any confusion, I'll ...
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