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arxiv: 2506.21879 · v2 · submitted 2025-06-27 · 🧮 math.QA · math.CT· math.RA· math.RT

Chevalley property and discriminant ideals of Cayley-Hamilton Hopf Algebras

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keywords Hopf algebrasCayley-Hamilton structurediscriminant idealsChevalley propertywinding automorphismsGrothendieck ringFrobenius-Perron dimension
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For affine Cayley-Hamilton Hopf algebras whose identity fiber has the Chevalley property, non-empty zero loci of discriminant ideals must contain the orbit of the identity element under winding automorphisms.

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Any affine Hopf algebra admitting a large central Hopf subalgebra can be equipped with a Cayley-Hamilton structure. When the quotient by the counit ideal has the Chevalley property, the finite-dimensional modules over any fiber form an indecomposable exact module category over the tensor category of modules over the identity fiber. Under this condition the paper proves that the zero locus of any discriminant ideal, if non-empty, contains the orbit of the identity point in the spectrum of the central subalgebra under the left or right winding automorphism action. The proof rests on an equivalence showing that the Chevalley property holds precisely when the ε-Chevalley locus equals the entire spectrum. The lowest discriminant ideal is shown to have level equal to the Frobenius-Perron dimension of the Grothendieck ring of the identity fiber plus one, and all discriminant ideals become trivial once the full algebra satisfies the Chevalley property.

Core claim

For any affine Cayley-Hamilton Hopf algebra (H, C, tr) such that H/m_εH has the Chevalley property, if the zero locus of a discriminant ideal is non-empty then it contains the orbit of the identity element of maxSpec C under the left or right winding automorphism group action. This relies on the equivalence that H/m_εH has the Chevalley property if and only if the ε-Chevalley locus coincides with maxSpec C. The lowest discriminant ideal has level FPdim(Gr(H/m_εH)) + 1, and all discriminant ideals are trivial when H itself has the Chevalley property.

What carries the argument

The winding automorphism group action on maxSpec C together with the equivalence between the Chevalley property of the identity fiber and the ε-Chevalley locus filling the entire spectrum.

Load-bearing premise

That every affine Hopf algebra with a large central Hopf subalgebra admits a Cayley-Hamilton structure and that the Chevalley property of the identity fiber is equivalent to the ε-Chevalley locus equaling the full spectrum of the central subalgebra.

What would settle it

An explicit affine Cayley-Hamilton Hopf algebra whose identity fiber has the Chevalley property yet whose discriminant ideal has a non-empty zero locus that misses the orbit of the identity point under the winding action.

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For any affine Hopf algebra $H$ which admits a large central Hopf subalgebra, $H$ can be endowed with a Cayley-Hamilton Hopf algebra structure in the sense of De Concini-Procesi-Reshetikhin-Rosso. The category of finite-dimensional modules over any fiber algebra of $H$ is proved to be an indecomposable exact module category over the tensor category of finite-dimensional modules over the identity fiber algebra $H/\mathfrak{m}_{\overline{\varepsilon}}H$ of $H$. For any affine Cayley-Hamilton Hopf algebra $(H,C,\text{tr})$ such that $H/\mathfrak{m}_{\overline{\varepsilon}}H$ has the Chevalley property, it is proved that if the zero locus of a discriminant ideal of $(H,C,\text{tr})$ is non-empty then it contains the orbit of the identity element of the affine algebraic group $\text{maxSpec}C$ under the left (or right) winding automorphism group action. Its proof relies on the fact that $H/\mathfrak{m}_{\overline{\varepsilon}}H$ has the Chevalley property if and only if the $\overline{\varepsilon}$-Chevalley locus of $(H,C)$ coincides with $\text{maxSpec}C$. Then, we provide a description of the zero locus of the lowest discriminant ideal of $(H,C,\text{tr})$. It is proved that the lowest discriminant ideal of $(H,C,\text{tr})$ is of level $\text{FPdim}(\text{Gr}(H/\mathfrak{m}_{\overline{\varepsilon}}H))+1$, where $\text{Gr}(H/\mathfrak{m}_{\overline{\varepsilon}}H)$ is the Grothendieck ring of the finite-dimensional Hopf algebra $H/\mathfrak{m}_{\overline{\varepsilon}}H$ and $\text{FPdim}(\text{Gr}(H/\mathfrak{m}_{\overline{\varepsilon}}H))$ is the Frobenius-Perron dimension of $\text{Gr}(H/\mathfrak{m}_{\overline{\varepsilon}}H)$. Some recent results of Mi-Wu-Yakimov about lowest discriminant ideals are generalized. We also prove that all the discriminant ideals are trivial if $H$ has the Chevalley property.

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Summary. The manuscript shows that any affine Hopf algebra admitting a large central Hopf subalgebra can be endowed with a Cayley-Hamilton structure in the sense of De Concini-Procesi-Reshetikhin-Rosso. It proves that the category of finite-dimensional modules over any fiber algebra is an indecomposable exact module category over the tensor category of finite-dimensional modules over the identity fiber H/m_εH. For affine Cayley-Hamilton Hopf algebras (H,C,tr) such that H/m_εH has the Chevalley property, any non-empty zero locus of a discriminant ideal contains the orbit of the identity element of maxSpec C under the left or right winding automorphism group action; this relies on the equivalence that H/m_εH has the Chevalley property if and only if the ε-Chevalley locus coincides with maxSpec C. The paper determines that the lowest discriminant ideal has level FPdim(Gr(H/m_εH))+1, generalizes results of Mi-Wu-Yakimov, and proves that all discriminant ideals are trivial when H has the Chevalley property.

Significance. If the central claims hold, the work extends discriminant ideal theory to the setting of Cayley-Hamilton Hopf algebras with large central subalgebras and connects the Chevalley property of the identity fiber to geometric properties of zero loci via winding automorphisms. The explicit level computation in Theorem 4.8 and the generalization of Mi-Wu-Yakimov results constitute a concrete advance. The paper gives credit to the standard constructions of De Concini-Procesi-Reshetikhin-Rosso and carries out the derivations of the discriminant-locus statements explicitly in §§2–3 and §4 without circularity or unstated boundedness assumptions.

minor comments (3)
  1. [§2] §2: the definition of a 'large central Hopf subalgebra' is invoked repeatedly; adding a short self-contained reminder or reference to the precise condition used in the equivalence with the Chevalley property would improve readability.
  2. [Theorem 4.8] Theorem 4.8: the level computation FPdim(Gr(H/m_εH))+1 is stated cleanly, but the proof sketch would benefit from an explicit sentence recalling how the Frobenius-Perron dimension is extracted from the Grothendieck ring in this Hopf-algebra context.
  3. [Abstract and §3] The abstract and introduction both state the key equivalence between the Chevalley property of H/m_εH and the ε-Chevalley locus coinciding with maxSpec C; a single forward reference to the precise location of its proof in §3 would help readers.

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We thank the referee for their positive and detailed summary of our manuscript, for recognizing its significance in extending discriminant ideal theory to Cayley-Hamilton Hopf algebras, and for recommending minor revision. We appreciate the acknowledgment of the explicit derivations in §§2–3 and §4 and the concrete advance represented by the level computation in Theorem 4.8.

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No significant circularity; derivations are self-contained

full rationale

The paper establishes its main results on Cayley-Hamilton structures, Chevalley loci, and discriminant ideals through explicit constructions in §§2–3 that reference external definitions from De Concini-Procesi-Reshetikhin-Rosso and direct proofs of the stated equivalence between the Chevalley property and the ε-Chevalley locus. The discriminant-locus statements in §4 and the level computation in Theorem 4.8 follow from these without reducing any prediction or central claim to a fitted parameter, self-definition, or load-bearing self-citation chain. Generalizations of Mi-Wu-Yakimov results are obtained as consequences of the new level formula rather than by renaming or smuggling prior ansatzes. The derivation chain remains independent of its own outputs.

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The paper rests on the standard theory of affine Hopf algebras, the definition of Cayley-Hamilton Hopf algebras from De Concini-Procesi-Reshetikhin-Rosso, and the Chevalley property for finite-dimensional Hopf algebras; no new free parameters, invented entities, or ad-hoc axioms are introduced beyond these background assumptions.

axioms (2)
  • domain assumption Any affine Hopf algebra admitting a large central Hopf subalgebra can be endowed with a Cayley-Hamilton structure
    Invoked at the outset to place the algebra in the class under study.
  • domain assumption H/m_εH has the Chevalley property if and only if the ε-Chevalley locus coincides with maxSpec C
    Used as the key equivalence on which the zero-locus statement depends.

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