Opposite skew left braces and applications

Abstract

Given a skew left brace $\mathfrak{B}$, we introduce the notion of an "opposite" skew left brace ${\mathfrak{B}}^{\prime }$, which is closely related to the concept of the opposite of a group, and provide several applications. Skew left braces are closely linked with both solutions to the Yang-Baxter Equation and Hopf-Galois structures on Galois field extensions. We show that the set-theoretic solution to the YBE given by ${\mathfrak{B}}^{\prime }$ is the inverse to the solution given by $\mathfrak{B}$; this allows us to identify the group-like elements in the Hopf algebra providing the Hopf-Galois structure using only these solutions. We also show how left ideals of ${\mathfrak{B}}^{\prime }$ correspond to the realizable intermediate fields of a certain Hopf-Galois extension of a Galois extension.

13 pages