Frobenius and separable functors for generalized module categories and nonlinear equations (Q699948)

Doi-Koppinen modules originate in Hopf modules used by Sweedler in his work on integrals for Hopf algebras. Some remarkable special cases of such objects are the relative Hopf modules, the modules graded by \(G\)-sets (in particular group graded modules), the Yetter-Drinfeld modules, the Long dimodules. Doi-Koppinen modules are themselves special cases of entwined modules over entwined structures. The book consists of two parts. The main theme of Part I (Entwined modules and Doi-Koppinen modules) is the study of pairs of adjoint functors between categories of entwined modules. The focus is on two properties of functors: the Frobenius property (defined by Morita) and the separable property (defined by Năstăsescu, Van den Bergh and Van Oystaeyen). The results are applied to special categories of modules. A functor is called a Frobenius functor if it is both a left and a right adjoint of another functor. A functor \(F\colon{\mathcal C}\to{\mathcal D}\) is called separable if the natural transformation \({\mathcal F}\colon\Hom_{\mathcal C}(\bullet,\bullet)\to\Hom_{\mathcal D}(F(\bullet),F(\bullet))\), induced by \(F\), splits. Several Maschke type results are connected to the separable condition. The chapters of Part I are the following: 1. Generalities. 2. Doi-Koppinen Hopf modules and entwined modules. 3. Frobenius and separable functors for entwined modules. 4. Applications. In Part II (Nonlinear equations) the connection between certain categories of modules and some nonlinear equations is presented. Yetter-Drinfeld modules are connected to the quantum Yang-Baxter equation \(R^{12}R^{13}R^{23}=R^{23}R^{13}R^{12}\) via Radford's version of the famous result of Faddeev, Reshetikhin and Takhtajan (the FRT theorem). In a similar way Hopf modules are connected to the Hopf equation \(R^{12}R^{23}=R^{23}R^{13}R^{12}\), and Long dimodules are connected to the Long equation \(R^{12}R^{23}=R^{23}R^{12}\) via FRT type theorems. Frobenius algebras and separable algebras are studied in relation to the Frobenius-separability equation \(R^{12}R^{23}=R^{23}R^{13}=R^{13}R^{12}\). The chapters of the second Part are: 5. Yetter-Drinfeld modules and the quantum Yang-Baxter equation. 6. Hopf modules and the pentagon equation. 7. Long dimodules and the Long equation. 8. The Frobenius-separability equation. The authors start with elementary facts about coalgebras, Hopf algebras and their actions and coactions, adjoint functors, separable algebras, Frobenius algebras, etc., and they reach to advanced results, providing complete proofs and a large number of examples. There is a comprehensive bibliography at the end of the book. Many of the results in the book represent the contribution of the authors to the field. The book can be used by people working in the area, but it is also a good introductory text for graduate students.