Generalised noncommutative geometry on finite groups and Hopf quivers

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Abstract: We explore the differential geometry of finite sets where the differential structure is given by a quiver rather than as more usual by a graph. In the finite group case we show that the data for such a differential calculus is described by certain Hopf quiver data as familiar in the context of path algebras. We explore a duality between geometry on the function algebra vs geometry on the group algebra, i.e. on the dual Hopf algebra, illustrated by the noncommutative Riemannian geometry of the group algebra of S3. We show how quiver geometries arise naturally in the context of quantum principal bundles. We provide a formulation of bimodule Riemannian geometry for quantum metrics on a quiver, with a fully worked example on 2 points; in the quiver case, metric data assigns matrices not real numbers to the edges of a graph. The paper builds on the general theory in our previous work.


The paper under review is a continuation of the paper [the authors, J. Algebra 439, 67--109 (2015; Zbl 1320.81069)]. Firstly, the theory of that paper is specialized to the case of \(A=k(G)\), the functions on a finite group. In this case, they show that the data for such a differential calculus is described by certain Hopf quiver data. The case of \(G=S^3\) is considered in detail: ``A formulation of bimodule Riemannian geometry for quantum metrics on a quiver is given, with a fully worked example on \(2\) points.











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