On the central charge of a factorizable Hopf algebra

Yorck Sommerhäuser*, Yongchang Zhu

*Corresponding author for this work

Research output: Contribution to journalJournal Articlepeer-review

5 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

For a semisimple factorizable Hopf algebra over a field of characteristic zero, we show that the value that an integral takes on the inverse Drinfel'd element differs from the value that it takes on the Drinfel'd element itself by at most a fourth root of unity. This can be reformulated by saying that the central charge of the Hopf algebra is an integer. If the dimension of the Hopf algebra is odd, we show that these two values differ by at most a sign, which can be reformulated by saying that the central charge is even. We give a precise condition on the dimension that determines whether the plus sign or the minus sign occurs. To formulate our results, we use the language of modular data.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)158-223
Number of pages66
JournalAdvances in Mathematics
Volume236
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Mar 2013

Keywords

  • Central charge
  • Drinfel'd element
  • Factorizable Hopf algebra
  • Gaussian sum
  • Modular category
  • Modular data

Fingerprint

Dive into the research topics of 'On the central charge of a factorizable Hopf algebra'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.

Cite this