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Hopf algebra

Summary

A Hopf algebra is a bialgebra with an antipode, a linear map that plays the role of taking inverses in a group. Group algebras, coordinate rings of affine algebraic groups and universal enveloping algebras of Lie algebras are the main classical examples. Quantum groups are Hopf algebras that deform these examples. Hopf algebras also appear in algebraic topology, as the cohomology of Lie groups and H-spaces, and in combinatorics and renormalization.

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Further reading

  1. Web https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hopf_algebra
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