Hopf algebras
A Hopf algebra is a weak Hopf algebra with ; equivalently the counit is multiplicative, , and the antipode axioms become
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Its representations form a tensor category with a fiber functor, the forgetful functor to vector spaces. So a fusion category is of a Hopf algebra exactly when it has a fiber functor, which excludes Fibonacci and Ising; those need a weak Hopf algebra.
Facts used here
- Group-likes form a group, and divides (Nichols–Zoeller). The characters of are the group-likes of .
- In characteristic 0, is semisimple exactly when it is cosemisimple, and then (Larson–Radford).
- is semisimple exactly when it has an integral with (Maschke). The traces of its Sweedler powers sum the Frobenius–Schur indicators.
- The commutative ones are and the cocommutative ones over an algebraically closed field of characteristic 0 (Cartier–Kostant–Milnor–Moore, for finite dimension).
Examples in the database
| Algebra | Dim | Semisimple | From |
|---|---|---|---|
| yes | (the commutative catalog) | ||
| Sweedler , Taft | no | quantum linear spaces | |
| Kac–Paljutkin | 8 | yes | examples; abelian extensions of |
| 27, 125 | no | liftings | |
| as H | Drinfeld doubles | ||
| yes | bismash products, extensions, twists |
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