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On the universal enveloping algebra of a Lie-Rinehart algebra

Quantum Algebra 2012-11-01 v2 Differential Geometry Operator Algebras

Abstract

We review the extent to which the universal enveloping algebra of a Lie-Rinehart algebra resembles a Hopf algebra, and refer to this structure as a Rinehart bialgebra. We then prove a Cartier-Milnor-Moore type theorem for such Rinehart bialgebras.

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@article{arxiv.0801.3929,
  title  = {On the universal enveloping algebra of a Lie-Rinehart algebra},
  author = {I. Moerdijk and J. Mrcun},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0801.3929},
  year   = {2012}
}