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On the Hopf-Schur group of a field

Quantum Algebra 2007-08-15 v1 Representation Theory

Abstract

Let k be any field. We consider the Hopf-Schur group of k, defined as the subgroup of the Brauer group of k consisting of classes that may be represented by homomorphic images of Hopf algebras over k. We show here that twisted group algebras and abelian extensions of k are quotients of cocommutative and commutative Hopf algebras over k, respectively. As a consequence we prove that any tensor product of cyclic algebras over k is a quotient of a Hopf algebra over k, revealing so that the Hopf-Schur group can be much larger than the Schur group of k.

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@article{arxiv.0708.1943,
  title  = {On the Hopf-Schur group of a field},
  author = {Eli Aljadeff and Juan Cuadra and Shlomo Gelaki and Ehud Meir},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0708.1943},
  year   = {2007}
}

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12 pages, latex file