Hopf algebras

Hopf algebras

A Hopf algebra is a weak Hopf algebra with Δ(1)=1⊗1\cop(\unit) = \unit \otimes \unit; equivalently the counit is multiplicative, At=K1\At = K\unit, and the antipode axioms become

S==S
S(a(1)) a(2)=ε(a) 1=a(1) S(a(2))\ant(a_{(1)})\,a_{(2)} = \cou(a)\,\unit = a_{(1)}\,\ant(a_{(2)})

Its representations form a tensor category with a fiber functor, the forgetful functor to vector spaces. So a fusion category is Rep⁡(H)\operatorname{Rep}(H) 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 G(H)={g:Δ(g)=g⊗g, ε(g)=1}G(H) = \{g : \cop(g) = g \otimes g,\ \cou(g) = 1\} form a group, and ∣G(H)∣|G(H)| divides dim⁡H\dim H (Nichols–Zoeller). The characters of HH are the group-likes of H∗H^{*}.
  • In characteristic 0, HH is semisimple exactly when it is cosemisimple, and then S2=id\ant^{2} = \mathrm{id} (Larson–Radford).
  • HH is semisimple exactly when it has an integral Λ\Lambda with ε(Λ)=1\cou(\Lambda) = 1 (Maschke). The traces Tr⁡H(Λ[n])\operatorname{Tr}_{H}(\Lambda^{[n]}) of its Sweedler powers sum the Frobenius–Schur indicators.
  • The commutative ones are KGK^{G} and the cocommutative ones K[G]K[G] over an algebraically closed field of characteristic 0 (Cartier–Kostant–Milnor–Moore, for finite dimension).

Examples in the database

AlgebraDimSemisimpleFrom
K[G], KGK[G],\ K^{G}∣G∣|G|yes∣G∣≤20|G| \le 20 (the commutative catalog)
Sweedler H4H_{4}, Taft TnT_{n}n2n^{2}noquantum linear spaces
Kac–Paljutkin H8H_{8}8yesexamples; abelian extensions of D8D_{8}
uq(sl2)u_{q}(\mathfrak{sl}_{2})27, 125noliftings
D(H)D(H)(dim⁡H)2(\dim H)^{2}as HDrinfeld doubles
KF#K[H], K[G]JK^{F} \# K[H],\ K[G]^{J}∣G∣|G|yesbismash products, extensions, twists

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