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On the duality of generalized Lie and Hopf algebras

Rings and Algebras 2020-02-17 v4 Category Theory

Abstract

We show how, under certain conditions, an adjoint pair of braided monoidal functors can be lifted to an adjoint pair between categories of Hopf algebras. This leads us to an abstract version of Michaelis' theorem, stating that given a Hopf algebra HH, there is a natural isomorphism of Lie algebras Q(H)P(H)Q(H)^*\cong P(H^\circ), where Q(H)Q(H)^* is the dual Lie algebra of the Lie coalgebra of indecomposables of HH, and P(H)P(H^\circ) is the Lie algebra of primitive elements of the Sweedler dual of HH. We apply our theory to Turaev's Hopf group-(co)algebras.

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@article{arxiv.1305.7447,
  title  = {On the duality of generalized Lie and Hopf algebras},
  author = {Isar Goyvaerts and Joost Vercruysse},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1305.7447},
  year   = {2020}
}

Comments

27 pages; v2: Details of several proofs have been added in Section 2; v3: Thanks to the suggestions of the anonymous referee, improvements have been made in Section 4.2 (concerning the PFam construction). published in Advances in Mathematics. v4: a missing assumption is added in Lemma 2.4 and Theorem 2.7. This does not influence the main results of the paper