Modified weak multiplier Hopf algebras

Abstract: Let

(A, D e l t a)

be a regular weak multiplier Hopf algebra. Denote by

E

the canonical idempotent of

(A, D e l t a)

and by

B

the image of the source map. Recall that

B

is a non-degenerate algebra, sitting nicely in the multiplier algebra

M (A)

of

A

so that also

M (B)

can be viewed as a subalgebra of

M (A)

. Assume that

u, v

are invertible elements in

M (B)

so that

E (v u o t i m e s 1) E = E

. This last condition is obviously fulfilled if

u

and

v

are each other inverses, but there are also other cases. Now modify

D e l t a

and define

D e l t a^{'} (a) = (u o t i m e s 1) D e l t a (a) (v o t i m e s 1)

for all

a i n A

. We show in this paper that

(A, D e l t a^{'})

is again a regular weak multiplier Hopf algebra and we obtain formulas for the various data of

(A, D e l t a^{'})

in terms of the data associated with the original pair

(A, D e l t a)

. In the case of a finite-dimensional weak Hopf algebra, the above deformation is a special case of the twists as studied by Nikshych and Vainerman. It is known that any regular weak multiplier Hopf algebra gives rise in a natural way to a regular multiplier Hopf algebroid. This result applies to both the original weak multiplier Hopf algebra

(A, D e l t a)

and the modified version

(A, D e l t a^{'})

. However, the same method can be used to associate another regular multiplier Hopf algebroid to the triple

(A, D e l t a, D e l t a^{'})

. This turns out to give an example of a regular multiplier Hopf algebroid that does not arise from a regular weak multiplier Hopf algebra although the base algebra is separable Frobenius.

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