Hopf algebra

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A structure that is simultaneously a unital associative algebra and a counital coassociative coalgebra, equipped with an antiautomorphism satisfying a certain property.

Word forms

Hopf algebra Hopf algebras

Etymology

Named after Heinz Hopf.

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