When are Hopf algebras determined by integer sequences?

Nicolas Andrews, Lucas Gagnon, Félix Gélinas, Eric Schlums, Mike Zabrocki

Published 2025-05-11Version 1

We study the category of graded Hopf algebras that are free noncommutative, cocommutative, graded and connected from the perspective of the sequences of dimensions of the graded pieces. We show that a Hopf algebra exists with a given sequence of graded dimensions if and only if the ``INVERTi'' transformation of the sequence is nonnegative. We give conditions on the sequences of graded dimensions for two Hopf algebras $H$ and $K$ in this category under which there exists a surjective homomorphism from $H$ to $K$. We also give conditions such that an isomorphic copy of $H$ occurs as a Hopf subalgebra of $K$.