TWISTED DRINFELD DOUBLES AND REPRESENTATIONS OF A HOPF ALGEBRA

Abstract

In this paper, we consider a class of non-commutative and non-cocommutative Hopf algebras Hp(α, q, m) and then show that these Hopf algebras can be realized as a quantum double of certain Hopf algebras with respect to Hopf skew pairings (Ap(q, m), Bp(q, m), τα). Furthermore, using the Hopf skew pairing with appropriate group homomorphisms: ϕ : π → Aut (Ap(q, m)) and ψ : π → Aut (Bp(q, m)), we construct a twisted Drinfeld double D(Ap(q, m), Bp(q, m), τ; ϕ, ψ) which is a Turaev [Formula: see text]-coalgebra, where the group [Formula: see text] is a twisted semi-direct square of a group π. Then we obtain its quasi-triangular Turaev [Formula: see text]-coalgebra structure. We also study irreducible representations of Hp(1, q, m) and construct a corresponding R-matrix. Finally, we introduce the notion of a left Yetter–Drinfeld category over a Turaev group coalgebra and show that such a category is a Turaev braided group category by a direct proof, without center construction. As an application, we consider the case of the quasi-triangular Turaev [Formula: see text]-coalgebra structure on our twisted Drinfeld double.