The Hopf algebroids of functions on étale groupoids and their principal Morita equivalence (Q5939907): Difference between revisions

The author begins with a study of the Connes convolution algebra of functions with compact support on an étale groupoid. This is seen to admit a Hopf algebroid structure which is, in general, not commutative. It has several interesting properties, which the author uses to define the notion of an `étale Hopf algebroid'. This concept then becomes the focus of the article, which looks at bimodules over such objects, with a view to understanding Morita equivalence in this setting.