On the Notion of a Ribbon Quasi-Hopf Algebra

Abstract

We show that two competing definitions of a ribbon quasi-Hopf algebra are actually equivalent. Along the way, we look at the Drinfel'd element from a new perspective and use this viewpoint to derive its fundamental properties.

18 pages. See also http://www.southalabama.edu/mathstat/personal_pages/sommerh/

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