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On the Structure Theorem for Quasi-Hopf Bimodules

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The Structure Theorem for Hopf modules states that if a bialgebra A is a Hopf algebra (i.e. it is endowed with a so-called antipode) then every Hopf module M is of the form M coAA, where M coA denotes the space of coinvariant elements in M. Actually, it has been shown that this result characterizes Hopf algebras: A is a Hopf algebra if and only if every Hopf module M can be decomposed in such a way. The main aim of this paper is to extend this characterization to the framework of quasi-bialgebras by introducing the notion of preantipode and by proving a Structure Theorem for quasi-Hopf bimodules. We will also establish the uniqueness of the preantipode and the closure of the family of quasi-bialgebras with preantipode under gauge transformation. Then, we will prove that every Hopf and quasi-Hopf algebra (i.e. a quasi-bialgebra with quasi-antipode) admits a preantipode and we will show how some previous results, as the Structure Theorem for Hopf modules, the Hausser-Nill theorem and the Bulacu-Caenepeel theorem for quasi-Hopf algebras, can be deduced from our Structure Theorem. Furthermore, we will investigate the relationship between the preantipode and the quasi-antipode and we will study a number of cases in which the two notions are equivalent: ordinary bialgebras endowed with trivial reassociator, commutative quasi-bialgebras, finite-dimensional quasi-bialgebras.

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Correspondence to Paolo Saracco.

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Most of this paper is included in the master degree thesis of the author, which was developed under the supervision of A. Ardizzoni and L. El Kaoutit.

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Saracco, P. On the Structure Theorem for Quasi-Hopf Bimodules. Appl Categor Struct 25, 3–28 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10485-015-9408-9

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