Some properties of finite-dimensional semisimple Hopf algebras

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DOI10.4310/MRL.1998.V5.N2.A5zbMATH Open0907.16016arXivq-alg/9712033MaRDI QIDQ1128280FDOQ1128280


Authors: Shlomo Gelaki, Pavel Etingof Edit this on Wikidata


Publication date: 3 March 1999

Published in: Mathematical Research Letters (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Kaplansky conjectured that if H is a finite-dimensional semisimple Hopf algebra over an algebraically closed field k of characteristic 0, then H is of Frobenius type (i.e. if V is an irreducible representation of H then dimV divides dimH). It was proved by Montgomery and Witherspoon that the conjecture is true for H of dimension p^n, p prime, and by Nichols and Richmond that if H has a 2-dimensional representation then dimH is even. In this paper we first prove that if V is an irreducible representation of D(H), the Drinfeld double of any finite-dimensional semisimple Hopf algebra H over k, then dimV divides dimH (not just dimD(H)=(dimH)^2). In doing this we use the theory of modular tensor categories (in particular Verlinde formula). We then use this statement to prove that Kaplansky's conjecture is true for finite-dimensional semisimple quasitriangular Hopf algebras over k. As a result we prove easily the result of Zhu that Kaplansky's conjecture on prime dimensional Hopf algebras over k is true, by passing to their Drinfeld doubles. Second, we use a theorem of Deligne on characterization of tannakian categories to prove that triangular semisimple Hopf algebras over k are equivalent to group algebras as quasi-Hopf algebras.


Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/q-alg/9712033




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