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Alessandro Ardizzoni

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arXiv2026

Protomodularity of cocommutative Hopf monoids in duoidal categories and quasitriangular Hopf algebras

In this work, we extend the protomodularity of the category of cocommutative Hopf algebras to the quasitriangular setting. Every quasitriangular Hopf algebra admits a minimal quasitriangular Hopf subalgebra and, as we show, can be regarded as a cocommutative bimonoid in the tensor-braided duoidal category of bimodules over it. This leads us to investigate protomodularity in the broader context of Hopf monoids in duoidal categories. To this end, we adopt a slight modification of B\"ohm's notion of antipode associated with a reversion, further refining an earlier one due to B\"ohm-Lack. This framework allows us to study Hopf monoids in this setting, Galois and co-Galois maps, and the factorization of Hopf monoids. Using these tools, we prove a factorization of points, the Split Short Five Lemma, and the existence of pullbacks of split epimorphisms along arbitrary morphisms in the category of cocommutative Hopf monoids with monic unit in any tensor-braided duoidal category with a reversion; hence this category is protomodular. As applications, we recover the protomodularity of cocommutative Hopf algebras in symmetric monoidal categories under mild assumptions, and we obtain that of the coslice category of quasitriangular (resp. triangular) Hopf algebras under a fixed subobject; in the triangular case, this can be traced back to a category of generalized internal groups, introduced in the present work. When the fixed subobject is minimal, we infer the protomodularity of the category of quasitriangular Hopf algebras whose minimal quasitriangular Hopf subalgebra is isomorphic to the fixed subobject, which we interpret as the protomodularity of an essential fibre of a functor. As a byproduct, our results extend the double cross product of cocommutative Hopf algebras to the quasitriangular setting.

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arXiv2025

Integrals for Bialgebras

A well-known result by Larson and Sweedler shows that integrals on a Hopf algebra can be obtained by applying the Structure Theorem for Hopf modules to the rational part of its linear dual. This fact can be rephrased by saying that taking the space of integrals comes from a right adjoint functor from a category of modules to the category of vector spaces. This observation inspired the categorical approach that we advocate in this work, which yields to a new notion of integrals for bialgebras in the linear setting. Despite the novelty of the construction, it returns the classical definition in the presence of an antipode. We test this new concept on bialgebras that satisfy at least one of the following properties: being coseparable as regular module coalgebras, having a one-sided antipode, being commutative, being cocommutative, or being finite-dimensional. One of the main results we obtain in this process is a dual Maschke-type theorem relating coseparability and total integrals. Remarkably, there are cases in which the space of integrals turns out to be isomorphic to that of the associated Hopf envelope. In particular, this space results to be one-dimensional for finite-dimensional bialgebras, providing an existence and uniqueness theorem for integrals in the finite-dimensional case. Furthermore, explicit computations are given for concrete examples including the polynomial bialgebra with one group-like variable, the quantum plane and the coordinate bialgebra of $n$-by-$n$ matrices.

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arXiv2025

The binary product in the 2-category of triangular bialgebras and twisted morphisms

It is well-known that the tensor product of two bialgebras constitutes the binary product in the category of cocommutative bialgebras and morphisms of bialgebras between them. In this paper, we extend this result to triangular bialgebras and twisted morphisms of triangular bialgebras. We do so by adopting the framework of 2-categories and the proper notion of binary product, as well as by employing a description of twists on the tensor product bialgebra, specifically developed for this purpose. We apply this extension to provide a new interpretation of the twisted tensor products of triangular bialgebras in terms of binary products.

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arXiv2025

On the Hopf envelope of finite-dimensional bialgebras

The Hopf envelope of a bialgebra is the free Hopf algebra generated by the given bialgebra. Its existence, as well as that of the cofree Hopf algebra, is a well-known fact in Hopf algebra theory, but their construction is not particularly handy or friendly. In this note, we offer a novel realisation of the Hopf envelope and of the cofree Hopf algebra of a finite-dimensional bialgebra as a particular quotient and sub-bialgebra, respectively, of the bialgebra itself. Our construction can also be extended to the infinite-dimensional case, provided that the bialgebra satisfies additional conditions, such as being right perfect as an algebra or admitting a $n$-antipode, the latter being a notion hereby introduced. Remarkably, the machinery we develop also allows us to give a new description of the Hopf envelope of a commutative bialgebra and of the cofree cocommutative Hopf algebra of a cocommutative bialgebra.

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arXiv2023

Semiseparable functors and conditions up to retracts

In a previous paper we introduced the concept of semiseparable functor. Here we continue our study of these functors in connection with idempotent (Cauchy) completion. To this aim, we introduce and investigate the notions of (co)reflection and bireflection up to retracts. We show that the (co)comparison functor attached to an adjunction whose associated (co)monad is separable is a coreflection (reflection) up to retracts. This fact allows us to prove that a right (left) adjoint functor is semiseparable if and only if the associated (co)monad is separable and the (co)comparison functor is a bireflection up to retracts, extending a characterization pursued by X.-W. Chen in the separable case. Finally, we provide a semi-analogue of a result obtained by P. Balmer in the framework of pre-triangulated categories.

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arXiv2022

Semiseparable functors

In this paper we introduce and investigate the notion of semiseparable functor. One of its first features is that it allows a novel description of separable and naturally full functors in terms of faithful and full functors, respectively. To any semiseparable functor we attach an invariant, given by an idempotent natural transformation, which controls when the functor is separable and yields a characterization of separable functors in terms of (dual) Maschke and conservative functors. We prove that any semiseparable functor admits a canonical factorization as a naturally full functor followed by a separable functor. Here the main tool is the construction of the coidentifier category attached to the associated idempotent natural transformation. Then we move our attention to the semiseparability of functors that have an adjoint. First we obtain a Rafael-type Theorem. Next we characterize the semiseparability of adjoint functors in terms of the (co)separability of the associated (co)monads and the natural fullness of the corresponding (co)comparison functor. We also focus on functors that are part of an adjoint triple. In particular, we describe bireflections as semiseparable (co)reflections, or equivalently, as either Frobenius or naturally full (co)reflections. As an application of our results, we study the semiseparability of functors traditionally attached to ring homomorphisms, coalgebra maps, corings and bimodules, introducing the notions of semicosplit coring and semiseparability relative to a bimodule which extend those of cosplit coring and Sugano's separability relative to a bimodule, respectively.

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arXiv2022

Liftable pairs of functors and Initial objects

Let $\mathcal{A}$ and $\mathcal{B}$ be monoidal categories and let $R:\mathcal{A} \rightarrow \mathcal{B}$ be a lax monoidal functor. If $R$ has a left adjoint $L$, it is well-known that the two adjoints induce functors $\overline{R}={\sf Alg}(R):{\sf Alg}(\mathcal{A})\rightarrow {\sf Alg }(\mathcal{B})$ and $\underline{L}={\sf Coalg(L)}:{\sf Coalg}(\mathcal{B})\rightarrow {\sf Coalg}(\mathcal{A})$ respectively. The pair $(L,R)$ is called "liftable" if the functor $\overline{R}$ has a left adjoint and if the functor $\underline{L}$ has a right adjoint. A pleasing fact is that, when $\mathcal{A}$, $\mathcal{B}$ and $R$ are moreover braided, a liftable pair of functors as above gives rise to an adjunction at the level of bialgebras. In this note, sufficient conditions on the category $\mathcal{A}$ for $\overline{R}$ to possess a left adjoint, are given. Natively these conditions involve the existence of suitable colimits that we interpret as objects which are simultaneously initial in four distinguished categories (among which the category of epi-induced objects), allowing for an explicit construction of $\overline{L}$, under the appropriate hypotheses. This is achieved by introducing a relative version of the notion of weakly coreflective subcategory, which turns out to be a useful tool to compare the initial objects in the involved categories. We apply our results to obtain an analogue of Sweedler's finite dual for the category of vector spaces graded by an abelian group $G$ endowed with a bicharacter. When the bicharacter on $G$ is skew-symmetric, a lifted adjunction as mentioned above is explicitly described, inducing an auto-adjunction on the category of bialgebras "colored" by $G$.

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arXiv2022

Pre-rigid Monoidal Categories

Liftable pairs of adjoint functors between braided monoidal categories in the sense of \cite{GV-OnTheDuality} provide auto-adjunctions between the associated categories of bialgebras. Motivated by finding interesting examples of such pairs, we study general pre-rigid monoidal categories. Roughly speaking, these are monoidal categories in which for every object $X$, an object $X^{\ast}$ and a nicely behaving evaluation map from $X^{\ast}\otimes X$ to the unit object exist. A prototypical example is the category of vector spaces over a field, where $X^{\ast}$ is not a categorical dual if $X$ is not finite-dimensional. We explore the connection with related notions such as right closedness, and present meaningful examples. We also study the categorical frameworks for Turaev's Hopf group-(co)algebras in the light of pre-rigidity and closedness, filling some gaps in literature along the way. Finally, we show that braided pre-rigid monoidal categories indeed provide an appropriate setting for liftability in the sense of loc. cit. and we present an application, varying on the theme of vector spaces, showing how -- in favorable cases -- the notion of pre-rigidity allows to construct liftable pairs of adjoint functors when right closedness of the category is not available.

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arXiv2021

Monadic vs Adjoint Decomposition

It is known that the so-called monadic decomposition, applied to the adjunction connecting the category of bialgebras to the category of vector spaces via the tensor and the primitive functors, returns the usual adjunction between bialgebras and (restricted) Lie algebras. Moreover, in this framework, the notions of augmented monad and combinatorial rank play a central role. In order to set these results into a wider context, we are led to substitute the monadic decomposition by what we call the adjoint decomposition. This construction has the advantage of reducing the computational complexity when compared to the first one. We connect the two decompositions by means of an embedding and we investigate its properties by using a relative version of Grothendieck fibration. As an application, in this wider setting, by using the notion of augmented monad, we introduce a notion of combinatorial rank that, among other things, is expected to give some hints on the length of the monadic decomposition.

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arXiv2020

Towards differentiation and integration between Hopf algebroids and Lie algebroids

In this paper we set up the foundations around the notions of formal differentiation and formal integration in the context of commutative Hopf algebroids and Lie-Rinehart algebras. Specifically, we construct a contravariant functor from the category of commutative Hopf algebroids with a fixed base algebra to that of Lie-Rinehart algebras over the same algebra, the differentiation functor, which can be seen as an algebraic counterpart to the differentiation process from Lie groupoids to Lie algebroids. The other way around, we provide two interrelated contravariant functors form the category of Lie-Rinehart algebras to that of commutative Hopf algebroids, the integration functors. One of them yields a contravariant adjunction together with the differentiation functor. Under mild conditions, essentially on the base algebra, the other integration functor only induces an adjunction at the level of Galois Hopf algebroids. By employing the differentiation functor, we also analyse the geometric separability of a given morphism of Hopf algebroids. Several examples and applications are presented along the exposition.

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arXiv2018

Heavily Separable Functors

Prompted by an example related to the tensor algebra, we introduce and investigate a stronger version of the notion of separable functor that we call heavily separable. We test this notion on several functors traditionally connected to the study of separability.

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arXiv2018

On Indecomposable Ideals Over Some Algebras

In this paper we investigate a family of algebras endowed with a suitable non-degenerate bilinear form that can be used to define two different notions of dual for a given right ideal. We apply our results to the classification of the right ideals and their duals in the cyclic group algebra, in the Taft algebra and in another example of Hopf algebra arising as bosonization.

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arXiv2017

$PBW$-deformations of graded rings

We prove in a very general framework several versions of the classical Poincaré-Birkhoff-Witt Theorem, which extend results from [BeGi, BrGa, CS, HvOZ, WW]. Applications and examples are discussed in the last part of the paper.

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arXiv2017

Restricted Lie algebras via monadic decomposition

We give a description of the category of restricted Lie algebras over a field $\Bbbk $ of prime characteristic by means of monadic decomposition of the functor that computes the $\Bbbk $-vector space of primitive elements of a $\Bbbk $-bialgebra.

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arXiv2015

A new family of algebras whose representation schemes are smooth

We give a necessary and sufficient smoothness condition for the scheme parameterizing the n-dimensional representations of a finitely generated associative algebra over an algebraically closed field of characteristic zero. In particular, our result implies that the points M of the above scheme, satisfying $Ext_A ^2(M,M)=0$, are regular. This generalizes well-known results on finite-dimensional algebras to finitely generated algebras.

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arXiv2015

Cohomology and Coquasi-bialgebras in the category of Yetter-Drinfeld Modules

We prove that a finite-dimensional Hopf algebra with the dual Chevalley Property over a field of characteristic zero is quasi-isomorphic to a Radford-Majid bosonization whenever the third Hochschild cohomology group in the category of Yetter-Drinfeld modules of its diagram with coefficients in the base field vanishes. Moreover we show that this vanishing occurs in meaningful examples where the diagram is a Nichols algebra.

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arXiv2015

Functorial Constructions for Non-associative Algebras with Applications to Quasi-bialgebras

The aim of this paper is to establish a contravariant adjunction between the category of quasi-bialgebras and a suitable full subcategory of dual quasi-bialgebras, adapting the notion of finite dual to this framework. Various functorial constructions involving non-associative algebras and non-coassociative coalgebras are then carried out. Several examples illustrating our methods are expounded as well.

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arXiv2014

Invertible Bimodules, Miyashita Action in Monoidal Categories and Azumaya Monoids

In this paper we introduce and study Miyashita action in the context of monoidal categories aiming by this to provide a common framework of previous studies in the literature. We make a special emphasis of this action on Azumaya monoids. To this end, we develop the theory of invertible bimodules over different monoids (a sort of Morita contexts) in general monoidal categories as well as their corresponding Miyashita action. Roughly speaking, a Miyashita action is a homomorphism of groups from the group of all isomorphic classes of invertible subobjects of a given monoid to its group of automorphisms. In the symmetric case, we show that for certain Azumaya monoids, which are abundant in practice, the corresponding Miyashita action is always an isomorphism of groups. This generalizes Miyashita's classical result and sheds light on other applications of geometric nature which can not be treated using the classical theory. In order to illustrate our methods, we give a concrete application to the category of comodules over commutative (flat) Hopf algebroids. This obviously includes the special cases of split Hopf algebroids (action groupoids), which for instance cover the situation of the action of an affine algebraic group on an affine algebraic variety.

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