Bicocycle double cross constructions

Abstract

We introduce the notion of a bicocycle double cross product (sum) Lie group (algebra), and a bicocycle double cross product bialgebra, generalizing the unified products. On the level of Lie groups the construction yields a Lie group on the product space of two pointed manifolds, none of which being necessarily a subgroup. On the level of Lie algebras, a Lie algebra is obtained on the direct sum of two vector spaces, which are not required to be subalgebras. Finally, on the quantum level a bialgebra is obtained on the tensor product of two (co)algebras that are not necessarily sub-bialgebras.