CIEM 05476
CENTRO DE INVESTIGACION Y ESTUDIOS DE MATEMATICA
Unidad Ejecutora - UE
artículos
Título:
The beginnings of the theory of Hopf algebras
Autor/es:
NICOL´AS ANDRUSKIEWITSCH AND WALTER FERRER SANTOS
Revista:
ACTA APPLICANDAE MATHEMATICAE
Editorial:
Springer
Referencias:
Año: 2008
ISSN:
0167-8019
Resumen:
We consider issues related to the origins, sources and initial motivations of the theory of Hopf algebras. We consider the two main sources of primeval development: algebraic topology and algebraic group theory. Hopf algebras are named from the work of Heinz Hopf in the 1940´s. In this note we trace the infancy of the subject back to papers from the 40´s, 50´s and 60´s in the two areas mentioned above. Many times we just describe -- and/or transcribe parts of -- some of the relevant original papers on the subject.
