EXPLORATION OF FINITE-DIMENSIONAL KAC ALGEBRAS AND LATTICES OF INTERMEDIATE SUBFACTORS OF IRREDUCIBLE INCLUSIONS

Abstract

We study the four infinite families KA(n), KB(n), KD(n), and KQ(n) of finite-dimensional Hopf (in fact Kac) algebras constructed, respectively, by A. Masuoka and L. Vainerman: isomorphisms, automorphism groups, self-duality, lattices of coideal sub-algebras. We reduce the study to KD(n) by proving that the others are isomorphic to KD(n), its dual, or an index 2 subalgebra of KD(2n). We derive many examples of lattices of intermediate subfactors of the inclusions of depth 2 associated to those Kac algebras, as well as the corresponding principal graphs, which is the original motivation. Along the way, we extend some general results on the Galois correspondence for depth 2 inclusions, and develop some tools and algorithms for the study of twisted group algebras and their lattices of coideal subalgebras. This research was driven by heavy computer exploration, whose tools and methodology we describe.