English

Skew left braces and isomorphism problems for Hopf-Galois structures on Galois extensions

Group Theory 2021-08-03 v3

Abstract

Given a finite group G G , we study certain regular subgroups of the group of permutations of G G , which occur in the classification theories of two types of algebraic objects: skew left braces with multiplicative group isomorphic to G G and Hopf-Galois structures admitted by a Galois extension of fields with Galois group isomorphic to G G . We study the questions of when two such subgroups yield isomorphic skew left braces or Hopf-Galois structures involving isomorphic Hopf algebras. In particular, we show that in some cases the isomorphism class of the Hopf algebra giving a Hopf-Galois structure is determined by the corresponding skew left brace. We investigate these questions in the context of a variety of existing constructions in the literature. As an application of our results we classify the isomorphically distinct Hopf algebras that give Hopf-Galois structures on a Galois extension of degree pq pq for p>q p>q prime numbers.

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Cite

@article{arxiv.2005.05809,
  title  = {Skew left braces and isomorphism problems for Hopf-Galois structures on Galois extensions},
  author = {Alan Koch and Paul J. Truman},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2005.05809},
  year   = {2021}
}

Comments

19 pages. Some results refined and reformulated. Final section now focusses on Hopf algebra isomorphism problems rather than classifying skew braces