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Lifting in a non semisimple world

Quantum Algebra 2025-12-12 v1

Abstract

This is a contribution to the problem of classifying all deformations - a. k. a. liftings - of the bosonization of a Nichols algebra B(V)\mathfrak{B}(V) over a cosemisimple and non-semisimple Hopf algebra HH. Such a situation arises when the underlying field has positive characteristic or when HH is infinite-dimensional. Given an HH-module MM that is an extension of VV by HH, we first introduce an algebra T(V)#MHT(V)\#_MH which generalizes the usual bosonization T(V)#HT(V)\#H. Indeed, these two objects coincide when MM is a trivial extension. We provide necessary conditions for T(V)#MHT(V)\#_MH to be a Hopf algebra and a cocycle deformation of T(V)#HT(V)\#H. These conditions appear particularly natural when HH is a group algebra. We then prove that every lifting is a quotient of T(V)#MHT(V)\#_MH for some extension MM. Echoing Archimedes, T(V)#MHT(V)\#_MH stands as a fulcrum over which we can pivot to lift the relations of the Nichols algebra. From this point, one can replicate the strategy proposed by Andruskiewitsch, Angiono, Garcia I., Masuoka and the second author to show that every lifting is a cocycle deformation of B(V)#H\mathfrak{B}(V)\#H. We illustrate this idea with two examples of different nature. We classify all pointed liftings of the Fomin-Kirillov algebra FK3\mathcal{FK}_3 in characteristic 22, and prove they are all cocycle deformations one another. We also prove that the Jordanian enveloping algebra of sl(2)\mathfrak{sl}(2) defined by Andruskiewitsch, Angiono and Heckenberger is a cocycle deformation of the bosonization of the Jordan plane over the infinite cyclic group.

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@article{arxiv.2512.10039,
  title  = {Lifting in a non semisimple world},
  author = {Jack Arce and Cristian Vay},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2512.10039},
  year   = {2025}
}

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17 pages

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