Finite-dimensional pointed Hopf algebras of type A_n related to the Faddeev-Reshetikhin-Takhtajan U(R) construction

Publication date 13 January 2003

Abstract: Two "quantum enveloping algebras", here denoted by

U (R)

and

U^{s i m} (R)

, are associated in [FRTa] and [FRTb] to any Yang-Baxter operator R. The latter is only a bialgebra, in general; the former is a Hopf algebra. In this paper, we study the pointed Hopf algebras

U (R_{Q})

, where

R_{Q}

is the Yang-Baxter operator associated with the multi-parameter deformation of

G L_{n}

supplied in [AST]; cf also [S,Re]. Some earlier results concerning these Hopf algebras

U (R_{Q})

were obtained in [To,CLMT,CM]; a related (but different) Hopf algebra was studied in [DP]. The main new results obtained here concerning these quantum enveloping algebras are: 1)We list, in an extremely explicit form, those quantum enveloping algebras

U (R_{Q})

which are finite-dimensional--let

m a t h c a l U

denote the collection of these. 2)We verify that the pointed Hopf algebras in

m a t h c a l U

are quasitriangular and of Cartan type

A_{n}

in the sense of Andruskiewich-Schneider. 3)We show that every

U (R_{Q})

is a Hopf quotient of a double cross-product (hence, as asserted in 2), is quasitriangular if finite-dimensional.) 4) CAUTION: These Hopf algebras are NOT always cocycle twists of the standard 1-parameter deformation. This somewhat surprising fact is an immediate consequence of the data furnished here-- clearly a cocycle twist will not convert an infinite-dimensional Hopf algebra to a finite-dimensional one! Furthermore, these Hopf algebras in

m a t h c a l U

are (it is proved) not all cocycle twists of each other. 5)We discuss also the case when the quantum determinant is central in

A (R_{Q})

, so it makes sense to speak of a

Q

-deformation of the special linear group.

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