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On noncommutative equivariant bundles

Rings and Algebras 2018-08-08 v4 Quantum Algebra

Abstract

We discuss a possible noncommutative generalization of the notion of an equivariant vector bundle. Let AA be a K\mathbb{K}-algebra, MM a left AA-module, HH a Hopf K\mathbb{K}-algebra, δ:AHA:=HKA\delta:A\to H\otimes A:=H\otimes_{\mathbb{K}} A an algebra coaction, and let (HA)δ(H\otimes A)_\delta denote HAH\otimes A with the right AA-module structure induced by~δ\delta. The usual definitions of an equivariant vector bundle naturally lead, in the context of K\mathbb{K}-algebras, to an (HA)(H\otimes A)-module homomorphism Θ:HM(HA)δAM\Theta:H\otimes M\to (H\otimes A)_\delta\otimes_AM that fulfills some appropriate conditions. On the other hand, sometimes an (A,H)(A,H)-Hopf module is considered instead, for the same purpose. When Θ\Theta is invertible, as is always the case when HH is commutative, the two descriptions are equivalent. We point out that the two notions differ in general, by giving an example of a noncommutative Hopf algebra HH for which there exists such a Θ\Theta that is not invertible and a left-right (A,H)(A,H)-Hopf module whose corresponding homomorphism MH(AH)δAMM\otimes H\to (A\otimes H)_\delta\otimes_AM is not an isomorphism.

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@article{arxiv.1606.09130,
  title  = {On noncommutative equivariant bundles},
  author = {Francesco D'Andrea and Alessandro De Paris},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1606.09130},
  year   = {2018}
}

Comments

In this version we dismiss the term neb-homomorphism (hinting at 'noncommutative equivariant bundles'), as the class of modules is larger than the class of algebraic counterparts of vector bundles. We also corrected some mistakes. Our main example does not immediately extended to the left-right case and the example about the 'exotic' Hopf module works only in the left-right case

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