The category of abelian Hopf algebras

Hopf Algebras with Abelian Coradical

In a previous work [AS2] we showed how to attach to a pointed Hopf algebra A with coradical kΓ, a braided strictly graded Hopf algebra R in the category Γ Γ YD of Yetter-Drinfeld modules over Γ. In this paper, we consider a further invariant of A, namely the subalgebra R of R generated by the space V of primitive elements. Algebras of this kind are known since the pioneering work of Nichols. It...

Homotopy Theory of Simplicial Abelian Hopf Algebras

We examine the homotopy theory of simplicial graded abelian Hopf algebras over a prime field Fp, p > 0, proving that two very different notions of weak equivalence yield the same homotopy category. We then prove a splitting result for the Postnikov tower of such simplicial Hopf algebras. As an application, we show how to recover the homotopy groups of a simplicial Hopf algebra from its André-Qu...

Pointed Hopf Algebras with Abelian Coradical

In a previous work [AS2] we showed how to attach to a pointed Hopf algebra A with coradical kΓ, a braided strictly graded Hopf algebra R in the category Γ Γ YD of Yetter-Drinfeld modules over Γ. In this paper, we consider a further invariant of A, namely the subalgebra R of R generated by the space V of primitive elements. Algebras of this kind are known since the pioneering work of Nichols. It...

Pointed Hopf Algebras over Non-abelian Groups

The class of finite-dimensional pointed Hopf algebras is a field of current active research. The classification of these algebras has seen substantial progress since the development of the so-called “Lifting method” by Andruskiewitsch and Schneider. With this tool, the case in which the group of group-like elements is abelian is almost completed and recent results by these and other authors suc...

On the Coderivations of Some Hopf Algebras