An in-Depth Look at Quotient Modules

Abstract

The coset $G$-space of a finite group and a subgroup is a fundamental module of study of Schur and others around 1930; for example, its endomorphism algebra is a Hecke algebra of double cosets. We study and review its generalization $Q$ to Hopf subalgebras, especially the tensor powers and similarity as modules over a Hopf algebra, or what's the same, Morita equivalence of the endomorphism algebras. We prove that $Q$ has a nonzero integral if and only if the modular function restricts to the modular function of the Hopf subalgebra. We also study and organize knowledge of $Q$ and its tensor powers in terms of annihilator ideals, sigma categories, trace ideals, Burnside ring formulas, and when considering semisimple Hopf algebras, the depth of $Q$ in terms of the McKay quiver and the Green ring.