Hochschild cohomology and the modular group (Q2636373)

This paper extends the projective action of the modular group to an arbitrary Hochschild cohomology group of a factorizable ribbon Hopf algebra. First, the authors review the Hochschild cohomology of an algebra A and the relevant results. Then, they consider the case where A is a factorizable ribbon Hopf algebra. They recall the action of the modular group in the center and introduce the Radford and the Drinfel'd maps. These maps are generalized to the Hochschild cohomology complex. The main results are then obtained.