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Opposite skew left braces and applications

Group Theory 2019-08-08 v1 Number Theory

Abstract

Given a skew left brace B\mathfrak{B}, we introduce the notion of an "opposite" skew left brace B\mathfrak{B}', which is closely related to the concept of the opposite of a group, and provide several applications. Skew left braces are closely linked with both solutions to the Yang-Baxter Equation and Hopf-Galois structures on Galois field extensions. We show that the set-theoretic solution to the YBE given by B\mathfrak{B}' is the inverse to the solution given by B\mathfrak{B}; this allows us to identify the group-like elements in the Hopf algebra providing the Hopf-Galois structure using only these solutions. We also show how left ideals of B\mathfrak{B}' correspond to the realizable intermediate fields of a certain Hopf-Galois extension of a Galois extension.

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@article{arxiv.1908.02682,
  title  = {Opposite skew left braces and applications},
  author = {Alan Koch and Paul J. Truman},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1908.02682},
  year   = {2019}
}

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13 pages

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