The Baer and Jacobson radicals of crossed products (Q1276273)

This paper is concerned with crossed products \(A=R\#_\sigma H\) of a Hopf algebra \(H\) over an algebra \(R\). The author obtains that the \(H\)-Baer radical \(r_{H_b}(R)\) of \(R\) consists of so called \(H\)-\(m\)-nilpotent elements in \(R\) and gives some sufficient conditions for the question of \textit{J. R. Fisher} [J. Algebra 34, 217-231 (1975; Zbl 0306.16012)] concerning the Jacobson radical of the smash product \(R\#H\). Similar relations for the \(H\)-prime radical of \(A\) are also given. The main result of the paper is related to the question: If \(H\) is finite-dimensional and semisimple and \(R\) is semiprime, is any crossed product \(R\#_\sigma H\) semisimple? [Question 7.4.9 in: \textit{S. Montgomery}, Hopf algebras and their actions on rings, Reg. Conf. Ser. Math. 82 (1993; Zbl 0793.16029)]. The following statement is proved: If \(H\) is a finite-dimensional semisimple, cosemisimple, and either commutative or cocommutative Hopf algebra, then \(R\) is semiprime iff \(R\#_\sigma H\) is semiprime.