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Yetter-Drinfeld modules under cocycle twists

Quantum Algebra 2009-10-27 v4 Representation Theory

Abstract

We give an explicit formula for the correspondence between simple Yetter-Drinfeld modules for certain finite-dimensional pointed Hopf algebras HH and those for cocycle twists HσH^{\sigma} of HH. This implies an equivalence between modules for their Drinfeld doubles. To illustrate our results, we consider the restricted two-parameter quantum groups ur,s(sln){\mathfrak{u}}_{r,s}({\mathfrak{sl}}_n) under conditions on the parameters guaranteeing that ur,s(sln){\mathfrak{u}}_{r,s}({\mathfrak{sl}}_n) is a Drinfeld double of its Borel subalgebra. We determine explicit correspondences between ur,s(sln){\mathfrak{u}}_{r,s}({\mathfrak{sl}}_n)-modules for different values of rr and ss and provide examples where no such correspondence can exist. Our examples were obtained via the computer algebra system {\sc Singular::Plural}.

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@article{arxiv.0908.1563,
  title  = {Yetter-Drinfeld modules under cocycle twists},
  author = {Georgia Benkart and Mariana Pereira and Sarah Witherspoon},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0908.1563},
  year   = {2009}
}

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19 pages, minor revisions, to appear in Journal of Algebra

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