Classification of Finite-Dimensional Triangular Hopf Algebras With The Chevalley Property

Abstract

Recall that a triangular Hopf algebra A is said to have the Chevalley property if the tensor product of any two simple A-modules is semisimple, or, equivalently, if the radical of A is a Hopf ideal. There are two reasons to study this class of triangular Hopf algebras: First, it contains all known examples of finite-dimensional triangular Hopf algebras; second, it can be, in a sense, completely understood. Namely, it was shown in our previous work with Andruskiewitsch that any finite-dimensional triangular Hopf algebra with the Chevalley property is obtained by twisting of a finite-dimensional triangular Hopf algebra with R-matrix of rank at most 2 which, in turn, is obtained by modifying the group algebra of a finite supergroup. This provides a classification of such Hopf algebras. The goal of this paper is to make this classification more effective and explicit, i.e. to parameterize isomorphism classes of finite-dimensional triangular Hopf algebras with the Chevalley property by group-theoretical objects, similarly to how it was done in our previous work in the semisimple case. This is achieved in Theorem 2.2, where these classes are put in bijection with certain septuples of data. In the semisimple case, the septuples reduce to the quadruples, and we recover the result of our previous paper. In the minimal triangular pointed case, we recover a classification theorem from a previous paper of the second author.