Finite dimensional Hopf actions on Weyl algebras
Rings and Algebras
2016-07-14 v2 Quantum Algebra
Abstract
We prove that any action of a finite dimensional Hopf algebra H on a Weyl algebra A over an algebraically closed field of characteristic zero factors through a group action. In other words, Weyl algebras do not admit genuine finite quantum symmetries. This improves a previous result by the authors, where the statement was established for semisimple H. The proof relies on a refinement of the method previously used: namely, considering reductions of the action of H on A modulo prime powers rather than primes. We also show that the result holds, more generally, for algebras of differential operators. This gives an affirmative answer to a question posed by the last two authors.
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@article{arxiv.1509.01165,
title = {Finite dimensional Hopf actions on Weyl algebras},
author = {Juan Cuadra and Pavel Etingof and Chelsea Walton},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1509.01165},
year = {2016}
}
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v2: 14 pages, to appear in Adv. Math