More examples of bicrossproduct and double cross product Hopf algebras (Q2277563)

The author had previously defined bicrossproducts and double cross products of Hopf algebras. Here he constructs examples where the factors are certain quantum groups coming from solutions of the quantum Yang-Baxter equations. He also describes iterated double cross products of quantum groups. These particular quantum groups are constructed using a suitable notion of mutually dual Hopf algebras and a certain dual quantum group to the Hopf algebra given directly by a solution of the quantum Yang-Baxter equation. This dual pairing leads to the notion of a weak Hopf algebra with weak antipode. The algebraic ideas here are motivated by the author's approach to quantum mechanics combined with gravity.