arXiv · math/0311003
Symmetric coalgebras
Abstract
We construct a structure of a ring with local units on a co-Frobenius coalgebra. We study a special class of co-Frobenius coalgebras whose objects we call symmetric coalgebras. We prove that any semiperfect coalgebra can be embedded in a symmetric coalgebra. A dual version of Brauer's equivalence theorem is presented, allowing a characterization of symmetric coalgebras by comparing certain functors. We define an automorphism of the ring with local units constructed from a co-Frobenius coalgebra, which we call the Nakayama automorphism. This is used to give a new characterization to symmetric coalgebras and to describe Hopf algebras that are symmetric as coalgebras. As a corollary we obtain as a consequence the known characterization of Hopf algebras that are symmetric as algebras.
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F. Castaño Iglesias, S. Dascalescu, C. Nastasescu. 2003-11-01. Symmetric coalgebras. https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0311003
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