Meanings
nounHopf algebra (plural Hopf algebras)
plural Hopf algebras
- mathematicsA structure that is simultaneously a unital associative algebra and a counital coassociative coalgebra, equipped with an antiautomorphism satisfying a certain property.
Origin
Named after Heinz Hopf.
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