Abstract
The ZX-calculus and related theories are based on so-called interacting Frobenius algebras, where a pair of $\dag$-special commutative Frobenius algebras jointly form a pair of Hopf algebras. In this setting we introduce a generalisation of this structure, Hopf-Frobenius algebras, starting from a single Hopf algebra which is not necessarily commutative or cocommutative. We provide the necessary and sufficient condition for a Hopf algebra to be a Hopf-Frobenius algebra, and show that every Hopf algebra in FVect is a Hopf-Frobenius algebra. Hopf-Frobenius algebras provide a notion of duality, and give us a "dual" Hopf algebra that is isomorphic to the usual dual Hopf algebra in a compact closed category. We use this isomorphism to construct a Hopf algebra isomorphic to the Drinfeld double that is defined on $H \otimes H$ rather than $H \otimes H^*$.
Original language | English |
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Number of pages | 26 |
Journal | Electronic Proceedings in Theoretical Computer Science |
Early online date | 10 Jun 2019 |
Publication status | E-pub ahead of print - 10 Jun 2019 |
Event | 16th International Conference on Quantum Physics and Logic 2019 - Chapman University, Orange, United States Duration: 10 Jun 2019 → 14 Jun 2019 Conference number: 16th |
Keywords
- quantum mathematics
- quantum computation
- quantum software