The crossed coproduct theorem and Galois cohomology

Abstract

We give a cohomological interpretation of the Brauer group of a coalgebra in terms of Galois coextensions and Galois cohomology. There is a crossed coproduct structure theorem, and the co-version of the classical splitting theorem holds for the Brauer group of an irreducible coreflexive coalgebra but it does not hold in general.