Finite dimensional quasi-Hopf algebras with radical of codimension 2. (Q1769981)

Let \(H\) be a finite dimensional quasi-Hopf algebra over the field of complex numbers. \(H\) is called `basic' if all its irreducible representations have dimension 1. This notion is dual, in the Hopf algebra case, to the notion of a `pointed' Hopf algebra. Important classification results for pointed Hopf algebras can be found in the work by \textit{N. Andruskiewitsch} and \textit{H.-J. Schneider} [Math. Sci. Res. Inst. Publ. 43, 1-68 (2002; Zbl 1011.16025)] and references therein. The main result of this paper is the classification, up to twist equivalences and deformations, of basic quasi-Hopf algebras with exactly 2 irreducible representations of dimension 1. Explicitly, it is shown that such a quasi-Hopf algebra \(H\) is twist equivalent to a Nichols Hopf algebra, as introduced by \textit{W. D. Nichols} [in Commun. Algebra 6, 1521-1552 (1978; Zbl 0408.16007)], or else \(\text{gr\,}H\) is twist equivalent to some of the special quasi-Hopf algebras \(H(2)\), \(H_+(8)\), \(H_-(8)\), \(H(32)\) (of dimensions 2, 8, 8 and 32, respectively), also introduced in this paper. As a corollary the classification of nonsemisimple quasi-Hopf algebras of dimension 4 is obtained. The liftings of the quasi-Hopf algebras \(H(2)\), \(H_+(8)\), \(H_-(8)\), \(H(32)\) are not classified in this paper; see the authors' related preprint [Liftings of graded quasi-Hopf algebras with radical of prime codimension, math.QA/0412143].