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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
$$
[E,F] = \frac{K-K^{-1}}{q-q^{-1}}.
$$
To address this problem, one has ...
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quantum groups... not via presentations
Given a semisimple Lie algebra $\mathfrak g$ with Cartan matrix $a_{ij}$, the quantum group $U_q(\mathfrak g)$ is usually defined as the $\mathbb Q(q)$-algebra with generators $K_i$, $E_i$, $F_i$ (the ...
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Is there a non-trivial Hopf algebra without left coideal subalgebra?
Let $H$ be a finite dimensional Hopf ${\rm C}^{\star}$-algebra.
A $\star$-subalgebra $I$ of $H$ is a left coideal if $\Delta(I) \subset H \otimes I$.
$H$ is called maximal if it has no left coideal $\...
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Can one define quantized universal enveloping algebras in a basis-free way?
(For the background, I am learning about quantum groups — essentially in order to understand crystal/global/canonical bases in the context of this question — from the books by Jantzen and by Hong&...
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Classification of $\operatorname{Rep} D(G)$
Let $G$ be a finite group and $D(G)$ its quantum double. Its finite dimensional complex representations are classified in this Dijkgraaf et al. Quasi-Quantum Groups Related To Orbifold Models. However,...
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Existence of a Kac algebra for a given fusion ring in a particular class
A $n$-dimensional Kac algebra (i.e., a Hopf C*-algebra), admits finitely many irreducible representations, whose cardinal $r$ is called its rank, the increasing sequence $(d_{1},d_{2},d_{3}, ..., d_{r}...
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About extensions between morphisms on the multiplier algebra
Let $A$ be a non-degenerate algebra and let $\Delta: A \to M(A \otimes A)$ be a non-degenerate morphism. We can extend the algebra morphism
$$\iota \otimes \Delta: M(A \otimes A) \to M(A \otimes A \...
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Why Drinfel'd-Jimbo-type quantum groups?
Hopf algebras are pretty easy to motivate, as a not-necessarily-commutative generalization of the ring of functions on an algebraic group (and there are many other ways in which they come up). I like ...
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Hopf algebras examples
Following Richard Borcherds' questions 34110 and 61315, I'm looking for interesting examples of Hopf algebras for an introductory Hopf algebras graduate course.
Some of the examples I know are well-...
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Hopf dual of the Hopf dual
Given any Hopf algebra $A$ over a field $k$, one can also define the Hopf dual $A^*$ of as follows: Let $A^∗$ be the subspace of the full linear dual of $A$ consisting of elements that vanish on some ...
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Is a bialgebra with all group-like elements invertible a Hopf algebra?
We know that in a Hopf algebra all group-like elements are invertible. Is the converse also true? Here is the precise formulation of my question :
Let $B$ be a bialgebra and $GLE$ = { $g \in B ~|~ g \...
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Hopf algebras arising as Group Algebras
Every commutative $C^*$-algebra is isomorphic to the set of continuous functions, that vanish at infinity, of a locally compact Hausdorff space. Every commutative finite dimensional Hopf algebra is ...
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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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Is a Hopf algebra a group object of some category?
The page of ncatlab on group object states that:
A group object in $\mathrm{CRing}^{\mathrm{op}}$ is a commutative Hopf
algebra.
Question: Is a (noncommutative) Hopf algebra a group object of some ...
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Low dimensional noncommutative non-cocommutative Hopf algebras
Sweedler's Hopf algebra (see here) is the lowest dimesnional ($4$-dimensional) Hopf algebra that is noncommutative and non-cocommutative. What are the next examples? Are there noncommutative, ...
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Representations of $D(G)$ as an object in the center of $\operatorname{Rep}(G)$
Let $G$ be a finite group and $D(G)$ its quantum double. As in my previous question, a typical irreducible representation (finite dimensional over $\mathbb{C}$) is labeled by $(\theta,\pi)$, where $\...
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Abelian category from the category of Hopf algebras
The kernel of a Hopf algebra map $\phi:H_1 \to H_2$ is in general not a Hopf
sub-algebra of $H_1$. Is there some replacement or alteration of the notion
of a kernel in the Hopf algebra setting. Same ...
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Commutative and Cocommutative Quantum Groups
I am using this definition:
An algebra of functions on a finite quantum group $\mathbb{G}$ is a finite dimensional $C^\ast$-Hopf algebra $A=:F(\mathbb{G})$.
I have the following (very well known --...
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Compact Quantum Groups and FRT-Algebras
As is well known, every compact quantum group in the sense of Woronowicz has a dense Hopf $*$-sub-algebra. For the case of $q-SU(n)$ (among others) this Hopf $*$-sub-algebra is an FRT-algebra, which ...
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Is there a perfect integral fusion category with PFdim = 2 mod 4?
A finite group $G$ is perfect if $G = G^{(1)} := \langle [G,G] \rangle$.
Proposition: A finite group $G$ is perfect iff every $1$-dimensional complex representation of $G$ is trivial.
proof: First if $...
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Fusion Rules for Quantum Groups
For the Drinfeld--Jimbo quantum groups $U_q(\frak{g})$, we have an equivalence of categories between the representations of $U_q(\frak{g})$ and the representations of $U(\frak{g})$.
Is this a ...
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The convolution on a semisimple finite quantum groupoid
Let $\mathbb{A}$ be a finite dim. weak Hopf $C^*$-algebra (or semisimple finite quantum groupoid) and $\hat{\mathbb{A}}$ its dual.
Let the Fourier transform $\mathcal{F}: \mathbb{A} \to \hat{\mathbb{...
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Is there a non-pointed simple integral modular fusion category?
The complex field $\mathbb{C}$ is assumed to be the base field. Let WGT stand for weakly group-theoretical; then [ENO11, Question 2] asks whether the following holds:
Statement 1 (open): There is a ...
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Characterising algebraic compact quantum groups among Hopf $^*$-algebras
Let $(A, \Delta)$ be a Hopf $^*$-algebra. Assume that $\{u^\alpha\}_{\alpha \in I}$ is a maximal collection of pairwise inequivalent irreducible unitary corepresentation matrices. I want to show that
$...
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Does there exist a nontrivial triangular weak Hopf algebra?
Quasitriangular weak Hopf algebras (QWHAs) are defined in Nikshych-Turaev-Vainerman (2000): A QWHA is a pair
($H,\mathcal{R}$) where $H$ is a WHA and
$\mathcal{R} \in \Delta^{op}(1)(H\otimes H)\Delta(...
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Weakly group theoretical fusion category and subsystems
Let $\mathcal{C}$ be a fusion category and $H$ a semi-simple finite weak Hopf algebra such that $\mathcal{C}(H) = \mathcal{C}$.
Suppose that for every nontrivial left coideal subalgebras $S$ of $H$ or ...
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Non-degeneracy of comultiplication (multiplier Hopf algebras)
Consider the following fragment from the paper "Multiplier Hopf-algebras" by Van Daele.
Can someone explain how the coassociativity in definition 2.2 (ii) and the requirement $(\Delta \...