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| ID | 257 |
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| First Name | Michael |
| Last Name | Hilgemann |
| Institution | Iowa State University |
| Speaker Category | graduate student |
| Title of Talk | The classification of finite-dimensional Hopf algebras |
| Abstract | Hopf algebras can be considered generalizations of groups, and group algebras are basic examples of such objects. In recent years there have been developments in the classification of finite-dimensional Hopf algebras over an algebraically closed field of characteristic 0, which include many examples which are neither group algebras nor the linear dual of group algebras. In this talk, we will highlight these classification results and some of the useful properties that general finite-dimensional Hopf algebras share with finite group algebras. In particular, we will discuss recent joint work with Richard Ng that completes the classification of Hopf algebras of dimension 2p^2, for p an odd prime. |
| Subject area(s) | Algebra |
| Suitable for undergraduates? | No |
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| Bringing a laptop? | N |
| Overhead Needed? | N |
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| Date Submitted | 9/20/2009 |
| Year | 2009 |