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E. Beggs

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arXiv1997

Quasitriangular and differential structures on bicrossproduct Hopf algebras

Let X=GM be a finite group factorisation. It is shown that the quantum double D(H) of the associated bicrossproduct Hopf algebra $H=kM\cobicross k(G)$ is itself a bicrossproduct $kX\cobicross k(Y)$ associated to a group YX, where $Y=G\times M^{op}$. This provides a class of bicrossproduct Hopf algebras which are quasitriangular. We also construct a subgroup $Y^θX^θ$ associated to every order-reversing automorphism $θ$ of X. The corresponding Hopf algebra $kX^θ\cobicross k(Y^θ)$ has the same coalgebra as H. Using related results, we classify the first order bicovariant differential calculi on H in terms of orbits in a certain quotient space of X.

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arXiv1995

Finite Group Factorisations and Braiding

We compute the quantum double, braiding and other canonical Hopf algebra constructions for the bicrossproduct Hopf algebra $H$ associated to the factorization of a finite group into two subgroups. The representations of the quantum double are described by a notion of bicrossed bimodules, generalising the cross modules of Whitehead. We also show that self-duality structures for the bicrossproduct Hopf algebras are in one-one correspondence with factor-reversing group isomorphisms. The example $Z_6Z_6$ is given in detail. We show further that the quantum double $D(H)$ is the twisting of $D(X)$ by a non-trivial quantum cocycle, where $X$ is the associated double cross product group.

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