Nearly Frobenius dimension on Frobenius algebras

This article is divided into two parts. In the first part we work over a field $\mathbb{k}$ and prove that the Frobenius space associated to a Frobenius algebra is generated as left A-module by the Frobenius coproduct. In particular, we prove that the Frobenius dimension coincides with the dimension of the algebra. In the second part we work with a commutative ring $k$. We introduce the concept of nearly Frobenius algebras in this context and construct solutions of the Yang-Baxter equation starting from elements in the Frobenius space. Also, we give a list of equivalent characterizations of nearly Frobenius algebras.