On the Even Powers of the Antipode of a
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David E. Radford; Hans-Jürgen Schneider
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Article
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2002
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Elsevier Science
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English
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The trace of powers of the square of the antipode s 2 of a finite-dimensional Hopf algebra A over a field k is studied. It is shown in many cases that the trace function vanishes on s 2m when s 2m = 1 A . Finer properties of the antipode are related to this phenomenon. 2002 Elsevier Science (USA)