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Twisted derivations of Hopf algebras

Quantum Algebra 2012-04-24 v1

Abstract

In the paper we introduce the notion of twisted derivation of a bialgebra. Twisted derivations appear as infinitesimal symmetries of the category of representations. More precisely they are infinitesimal versions of twisted automorphisms of bialgebras. Twisted derivations naturally form a Lie algebra (the tangent algebra of the group of twisted automorphisms). Moreover this Lie algebra fits into a crossed module (tangent to the crossed module of twisted automorphisms). Here we calculate this crossed module for universal enveloping algebras and for the Sweedler's Hopf algebra.

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@article{arxiv.1204.4828,
  title  = {Twisted derivations of Hopf algebras},
  author = {Alexei Davydov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1204.4828},
  year   = {2012}
}