On Nichols bicharacter algebras

Abstract

In this paper we define two Lie operations, and with that we define the bicharacter algebras, Nichols bicharacter algebras, quantum Nichols bicharacter algebras, etc. We obtain explicit bases for $\mathfrak L(V)${\tiny $_{R}$} and $\mathfrak L(V)${\tiny $_{L}$} over (i) the quantum linear space $V$ with $\dim V=2$; (ii) a connected braided vector $V$ of diagonal type with $\dim V=2$ and $p_{1,1}=p_{2,2}= -1$. We give the sufficient and necessary conditions for $\mathfrak L(V)${\tiny $_{R}$}$= \mathfrak L(V)$, $\mathfrak L(V)${\tiny $_{L}$}$= \mathfrak L(V)$, $\mathfrak B(V) = F\oplus \mathfrak L(V)${\tiny $_{R}$} and $\mathfrak B(V) = F\oplus \mathfrak L(V)${\tiny $_{L}$}, respectively. We show that if $\mathfrak B(V)$ is a connected Nichols algebra of diagonal type with $\dim V>1$, then $\mathfrak B(V)$ is finite-dimensional if and only if $\mathfrak L(V)${\tiny $_{L}$} is finite-dimensional if and only if $\mathfrak L(V)${\tiny $_{R}$} is finite-dimensional.