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Quantum double finite group algebras and their representations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 April 2009

M.D. Gould
M.D. Gould
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Department of Mathematics, The University of Queensland, Queensland 4072, Australia
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The quantum double construction is applied to the group algebra of a finite group. Such algebras are shown to be semi-simple and a complete theory of characters is developed. The irreducible matrix representations are classified and applied to the explicit construction of R-matrices: this affords solutions to the Yang-Baxter equation associated with certain induced representations of a finite group. These results are applied in the second paper of the series to construct unitary representations of the Braid group and corresponding link polynomials.

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Bulletin of the Australian Mathematical Society , Volume 48 , Issue 2 , October 1993 , pp. 275 - 301
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Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 1993

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