Group algebra as a Hopf algebra
Definition
Let be a group and a field. The group algebra over , when talked of as a Hopf algebra, is the following:
- The unital associative algebra part is the same as for the usual group algebra: We consider a vector space whose basis is indexed by elements of the group, and define multiplication of these basis elements by multiplication in the group.
- The comultiplication is defined by linearly extending the map:
for every
In other words:
- The counit is defined by linearly extending the map:
for all
In other words:
- The antipode map is defined by linearly extending the map:
In other words: