Quasitriangular Hopf Algebra
In mathematics, a Hopf algebra, H, is quasitriangular if there exists an invertible element, R, of such that
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where, and, where, and, are algebra morphisms determined by
R is called the R-matrix.
As a consequence of the properties of quasitriangularity, the R-matrix, R, is a solution of the Yang-Baxter equation (and so a module V of H can be used to determine quasi-invariants of braids, knots and links). Also as a consequence of the properties of quasitriangularity, ; moreover, and . One may further show that the antipode S must be a linear isomorphism, and thus S^2 is an automorphism. In fact, S^2 is given by conjugating by an invertible element: 
where (cf. Ribbon Hopf algebras).
It is possible to construct a quasitriangular Hopf algebra from a Hopf algebra and its dual, using the Drinfel'd quantum double construction.
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