Type: Article
Publication Date: 2017-10-02
Citations: 10
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4171/rmi/961
We show that Nichols algebras of most simple Yetter–Drinfeld modules over the projective special linear group over a finite field, corresponding to semisimple orbits, have infinite dimension. We introduce a new criterium to determine when a conjugacy class collapses and prove that for infinitely many pairs (n,q) , any finite-dimensional pointed Hopf algebra H with G(H)\simeq\mathbf {PSL}_{n}(q) or \mathbf {SL}_{n}(q) is isomorphic to a group algebra.