Classification of quantum groups and Lie bialgebra structures on \(sl(n, \mathbb{F})\). Relations with Brauer group (Q261178)

The aim of the article under review is a complete classification of Lie bialgebra structures on \(sl(n, \mathbb{F})\), for an arbitrary field \(\mathbb{F}\) of characteristic zero. The study is motivated by the desire to classify quantum groups whose quasi-classical limit is a given simple complex Lie algebra. Given an arbitrary field \(\mathbb{F}\) of characteristic 0, the authors study Lie bialgebra structures on \(sl(n,\mathbb{F})\), based on the description of the corresponding classical double. For any Lie bialgebra structure \(\delta\), the classical double \(D(sl(n,\mathbb{F}),\delta)\) is isomorphic to \(sl(n,\mathbb{F})\otimes_{\mathbb{F}} A\), where \(A\) is either \(\mathbb{F}[\varepsilon]\), with \(\varepsilon^{2}=0\), or \(\mathbb{F}\oplus\mathbb{F}\) or a quadratic field extension of \(\mathbb{F}\). In the first case, the classification leads to quasi-Frobenius Lie subalgebras of \(sl(n,\mathbb{F})\). In the second and third cases, a Belavin-Drinfeld cohomology can be introduced which enables one to classify Lie bialgebras on \(sl(n,\mathbb{F})\), up to gauge equivalence. The Belavin-Drinfeld untwisted and twisted cohomology sets associated to an \(r\)-matrix are computed. For the Cremmer-Gervais \(r\)-matrix in \(sl(3)\), the authors also construct a natural map of sets between the total Belavin-Drinfeld twisted cohomology set and the Brauer group of the field \(\mathbb{F}\).