Post-Lie algebras and factorization theorems

Abstract

In this note we further explore the properties of universal enveloping algebras associated to a post-Lie algebra. Emphasizing the role of the Magnus expansion, we analyze the properties of group like-elements belonging to (suitable completions of) those Hopf algebras. Of particular interest is the case of post-Lie algebras defined in terms of solutions of modified classical Yang–Baxter equations. In this setting we will study factorization properties of the aforementioned group-like elements.