Some properties and examples of triangular pointed Hopf algebras

DOI10.4310/MRL.1999.V6.N5.A9zbMATH Open0954.16029arXivmath/9907106MaRDI QIDQ1574752FDOQ1574752

Authors: Shlomo Gelaki 

Publication date: 13 August 2000

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

Abstract: A fundamental problem in the theory of Hopf algebras is the classification and construction of finite-dimensional (minimal) triangular Hopf algebras (A,R) introduced by Drinfeld. Only recently Etingof and the author completely solved this problem for semisimple A over algebraically closed fields of characteristics 0 and p>>dim(A) (any p if one assumes that A is also cosemisimple). In this paper we take the first step towards solving this problem for finite-dimensional pointed Hopf algebras over an algebraically closed field k of characteristic 0. We first prove that the fourth power of the antipode of any triangular pointed Hopf algebra A is the identity. We do that by focusing on minimal triangular pointed Hopf algebras (A,R) (every triangular Hopf algebra contains a minimal triangular sub Hopf algebra) and proving that the group algebra of the group of grouplike elements of A (which must be abelian) admits a minimal triangular structure and consequently that A has the structure of a biproduct. We also generalize our result on the order of the antipode to any finite-dimensional quasitriangular Hopf algebra A whose Drinfeld element u acts as a scalar in any irreducible representation of A (e.g. when A^* is pointed). Second, we describe a method of construction of finite-dimensional pointed Hopf algebras which admit a minimal triangular structure, and classify all their minimal triangular structures. We conclude the paper by proving that any minimal triangular Hopf algebra which is generated as an algebra by grouplike elements and skew primitive elements is isomorphic to a minimal triangular Hopf algebra constructed using our method.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/math/9907106

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zbMATH Keywords

group algebrasbiproductsskew-primitive elementsgroup-like elementstriangular structuresfinite-dimensional pointed Hopf algebrastriangular pointed Hopf algebras

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