Hopf algebras of planar binary trees: an operated algebra approach
Yi Zhang, Xing Gao

TL;DR
This paper introduces and studies new algebraic structures called v-algebras based on planar binary trees, extending operated algebra frameworks and providing combinatorial descriptions of associated Hopf algebras.
Contribution
It develops the theory of v-algebras and cocycle v-bialgebras, constructing free objects via decorated trees and relating to known Hopf algebras like Loday-Ronco.
Findings
Defined v-algebras and v-Hopf algebras.
Constructed free v-algebras using decorated planar binary trees.
Provided a combinatorial description of the coproduct via admissible cuts.
Abstract
Parallel to operated algebras built on top of planar rooted trees via the grafting operator , we introduce and study -algebras and more generally -algebras based on planar binary trees. Involving an analogy of the Hochschild 1-cocycle condition, cocycle -bialgebras (resp.~-Hopf algebras) are also introduced and their free objects are constructed via decorated planar binary trees. As a special case, the well-known Loday-Ronco Hopf algebra is a free cocycle -Hopf algebra. By means of admissible cuts, a combinatorial description of the coproduct on decorated planar binary trees is given, as in the Connes-Kreimer Hopf algebra by admissible cuts.
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Hopf algebras of planar binary trees: An operated algebra approach
Yi Zhang
School of Mathematics and Statistics, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, Gansu 730000, P. R. China
and
Xing Gao*∗*
School of Mathematics and Statistics, Key Laboratory of Applied Mathematics and Complex Systems, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, Gansu 730000, P. R. China
Abstract.
Parallel to operated algebras built on top of planar rooted trees via the grafting operator , we introduce and study -algebras and more generally -algebras based on planar binary trees. Involving an analogy of the Hochschild 1-cocycle condition, cocycle -bialgebras (resp. -Hopf algebras) are also introduced and their free objects are constructed via decorated planar binary trees. As a special case, the well-known Loday-Ronco Hopf algebra is a free cocycle -Hopf algebra. By means of admissible cuts, a combinatorial description of the coproduct on decorated planar binary trees is given, as in the Connes-Kreimer Hopf algebra by admissible cuts.
Key words and phrases:
Hopf algebras; Operated algebras; Planar binary trees
2010 Mathematics Subject Classification:
16W99, 08B20 16T10 16T05 16T30
Contents
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2.3 Subcoalgebras of coalgebra of decorated planar binary trees
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3 Free cocycle -Hopf algebras of decorated planar binary trees
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3.2 Free cocycle -Hopf algebras of decorated planar binary trees
1. Introduction
The rooted tree is a significant object studied in algebra and combinatorics. Many algebraic structures have been equipped on rooted trees. One of the most important examples is the Connes-Kreimer Hopf algebra [9], which is employed to deal with a problem of renormalization in Quantum Field Theory [4, 7, 10, 12, 21, 24]. Other Hopf algebras have also been constructed on rooted trees in different situations, such as Loday-Ronco [27], Grossman-Larson [18], Foissy-Holtkamp [13, 14, 22]. Furthermore other algebraic structures, such as dendriform algebras [28], pre-Lie algebras [8], operated algebras [19], and Rota-Baxter algebras [38], have been established on rooted trees. Most of these algebraic structures possess certain universal properties. For example, the Connes-Kreimer Hopf algebra of rooted trees inherits its algebra structure from the initial object in the category of (commutative) algebras with a linear operator [13, 34].
As a special case of rooted trees, (rooted) planar binary trees play an indispensable role in the study of combinatorics [36], algebraic operads [6, 31], associahedrons [30], cluster algebras [23] and Hopf algebras [1, 3, 27]. In [27], Loday and Ronco defined a Hopf algebra (with unity) on planar binary trees, which is a free associative algebra on the trees of the form , that is the trees such that the tree born from the root on the left has only one leaf. The (without unity) is the free dendriform algebra on one generator [27, 29]. Later, Brouder and Frabetti [3] showed that there exists a noncommutative Hopf algebra on planar binary trees which represents the renormalization group of quantum electrodynamics, and the coaction which describes the renormalization procedure. In the algebraic framework of Chapoton [5] for Bessel operad, a Hopf operad is constructed on the vector spaces spanned by forests of leaf-labeled binary rooted trees. Aguiar and Sottile further studied the structure of the Loday-Ronco Hopf algebra by a new basis in [1], where the product, coproduct and antipode in terms of this basis were also given.
The concept of an algebra with (one or more) linear operators was introduced by Kurosh [26]. Later Guo [19] constructed the free objects of such algebras in terms of various combinatorial objects, such as Motzkin paths, rooted forests and bracketed words by the name of -operated algebras, where is a nonempty set used to index the operators. See also [2, 17, 20]. The Connes-Kreimer Hopf algebra of rooted trees can be viewed as an operated algebra, where the operator is the grafting operation . More generally, the decorated (planar) rooted trees with vertices decorated by a set , together with a set of grafting operations , is an -operated algebra [25, 38]. Indeed it is the free -operated algebra on the empty set or equivalently the initial object in the category of -operated algebras.
It is well-known that the noncommutative Connes-Kreimer Hopf algebra of planar rooted trees is isomorphic to the Loday-Ronco Hopf algebra of planar binary trees [14, 22]. Now the former can be treated in the framework of operated algebras [38]. So there should be an analogy of operated alebras on top of planar binary trees, which is introduced and explored in the present paper by the name of -algebras or more generally -algebras. Let us emphasize that the binary grafting operation on planar binary trees has subtle difference with the aforementioned grafting operation on rooted trees—the is binary while is unary. Thanks to these new concepts, the decorated planar binary trees can viewed as a free cocycle -bialgebra and further a free cocycle -Hopf algebra on the empty set, involving an analogues of a Hochschild -cocycle condition on planar rooted trees [15]. In particular, the well-known Loday-Ronco Hopf algebra is a free cocycle -Hopf algebra. This new free algebraic structure on planar binary trees validates again that most of algebraic structures on rooted trees have universal properties.
Our second source of inspiration and motivation is the admissible cut on rooted trees which was introduced by Connes and Kreimer [9]. We adapt from this cut to expose the concept of admissible cut on decorated planar binary trees. Surprisingly, the admissible cuts on decorated planar binary trees, make it possible to give a combinatorial description of the coproduct on the decorated Loday-Ronco Hopf algebras. We point out that our admissible cut is different from the one introduced by Connes and Kreimer [9], see Remark 2.5.
Structure of the Paper. In Section 2, we first recall some results concerning the Hopf algebraic structures on decorated planar binary trees. Motivated by the admissible cut on rooted trees, we introduce the concept of an admissible cut on decorated planar binary trees. Having this concept in hand, we give a combinatorial description of the coproduct of the decorated Loday-Ronco Hopf algebra (Theorem 2.6). We end this section by showing that is a strictly graded coalgebra concerning the coalgebra structure (Theorem 2.12). In Section 3, viewing the Hopf algebra of decorated planar binary trees in the framework of operated algebras, we build -algebras and more generally -algebras (Definition 3.2), leading to the notations of (cocycle) -bialgebras and -Hopf algebras (Definitions 3.6, 3.7), involving a -cocycle condition. With the help of these concepts, we first equip the decorated planar binary trees with a free -algebraic structure (Theorem 3.5). A family of coideals of a -bialgebra is also given (Proposition 3.8). We then prove respectively that is the free cocycle -bialgebra and free cocycle -Hopf algebra on the empty set (Theorem 3.10). In particular when is a singleton set, we establish respectively the free cocycle -bialgebra and free cocycle -Hopf algebra structures on the well-known Loday-Ronco Hopf algebra (Corollary 3.11).
**Convention. ** Throughout this paper, let be a unitary commutative ring which will be the base ring of all modules, algebras, coalgebras and bialgebras, as well as linear maps. Algebras are unitary algebras but not necessary commutative. For any set , denote by the free k-module with basis .
2. Hopf algebras of decorated planar binary trees
In this section, we expose some results and notations concerning Hopf algebraic structures on decorated planar binary trees, which will be used later. See [6, 14, 33, 35] for more details.
2.1. Hopf algebras of decorated planar binary trees
A is an oriented graph draw on a plane, with a preferred vertex called the . It is binary when any vertex is trivalent (one root and two leaves) [27]. The root is at the bottom of the tree. For each , the set of planar binary trees with interior vertices will be denoted by . For instance,
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Here stands for the unique tree with one leaf. The number of the set is given by the Catalan number [27].
Let be a nonempty set throughout the remainder of the paper. For each , let denote the set of planar binary trees in with interior vertices decorated by elements of . Denote by
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A planar binary tree in is called an -decorated planar binary tree or -tree for simplicity. The of a decorated planar binary tree is the maximal length of linear chains from the root to the leaves of the tree. For example,
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Let and be two decorated planar binary trees and an element in . The grafting of and on is the -decorated planar binary tree , obtained by joining the roots of and and create a new root, which is decorated by . For any decorated planar binary tree with , there exist unique elements , and such that
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where and are the left-hand side of and the right-hand side of , respectively. For instance
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A multiplication on with unit is given recursively on the sum of depth as [14, Sec. 4.3]
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where and are in with . Let us agree to fix the notation to denote the multiplication given in Eq. (1) hereafter.
Example 2.1**.**
We have
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In the undecorated case, the description of the coproduct in the Loday-Ronco Hopf algebra was first introduced in [27, Proposition 3.3]. In the decorated case, Foissy [14, Sec. 4.3] equipped the -algebra with a coproduct described recursively on for basis elements as
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and for ,
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where and is the permutation of the second and third tensor factors.
Example 2.2**.**
We have
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Foissy [14] also defined linear maps
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and
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Recall [33] that a bialgebra is called if there are -submodules , of such that
- (a)
; 2. (b)
; and 3. (c)
.
Elements of are called to have degree . is called if and . It is well-known that a connected graded bialgebra is a Hopf algebra [32].
Lemma 2.3**.**
[14, Sec. 4.3]** [33, Sec. 6.3.5] The quintuple is a connected graded bialgebra with grading and hence a Hopf algebra.
If is a singleton set, then is precisely the planar binary trees (without decorations) and one gets the Loday-Ronco Hopf algebra on planar binary trees [27, Thm. 3.1].
2.2. A combinatorial description of
Next we give a combinatorial description of the coproduct by the admissible cut which was introduced by Connes and Kreimer [9] on rooted trees and further studied by Foissy [16] on decorated rooted trees. This notion of cut of rooted trees can be adapted to decorated planar binary trees as follows.
Let be a decorated planar binary tree. The edges of are oriented upwards, from root to leaves. A (non-total) cut is a choice of edges connecting internal vertices of . Note that an edge connecting a leaf and an internal vertex is not in a cut. In particular, the empty cut is a cut with the choice of no edges. The cut is called admissible if any oriented path from a vertex of the tree to the root meets at most one cut edge. For an admissible cut , cutting each edge in into two edges, is sent to a pair , such that is the connected component containing the root of and is the product of the other connected components with respect to the multiplication given in Eq. (1), from left to right. The total cut is also added, which is by convention an admissible cut such that
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The set of admissible cuts of is denoted by . Let us note that the empty cut is admissible. Denote by
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Example 2.4**.**
- (a)
Consider the decorated planar binary tree T=\leavevmode\hbox to22.61pt{\vbox to22.03pt{\pgfpicture\makeatletter\hbox{\hskip 0.92842pt\lower-21.684pt\hbox to0.0pt{\pgfsys@beginscope\pgfsys@invoke{ }\definecolor{pgfstrokecolor}{rgb}{0,0,0}\pgfsys@color@rgb@stroke{0}{0}{0}\pgfsys@invoke{ }\pgfsys@color@rgb@fill{0}{0}{0}\pgfsys@invoke{ }\pgfsys@setlinewidth{0.4pt}\pgfsys@invoke{ }\nullfont\hbox to0.0pt{\pgfsys@beginscope\pgfsys@invoke{ }{{}}\pgfsys@setlinewidth{0.775pt}\pgfsys@invoke{ }\pgfsys@setlinewidth{0.68889pt}\pgfsys@invoke{ }{ {}{{}}{} {{}{}}{} {{}{}}{}{}{{}}{} {{}{}}{}{}\pgfsys@moveto{0.0pt}{0.0pt}\pgfsys@lineto{10.66978pt}{-10.66978pt}\pgfsys@lineto{21.33957pt}{0.0pt}\pgfsys@moveto{10.66978pt}{-10.66978pt}\pgfsys@lineto{10.66978pt}{-21.33957pt}\pgfsys@stroke\pgfsys@invoke{ } \pgfsys@beginscope\pgfsys@invoke{ }{{}} {}{{}}{} {{}{}}{} {{}{}}{}{}\pgfsys@moveto{0.0pt}{0.0pt}\pgfsys@lineto{5.33488pt}{-5.33488pt}\pgfsys@lineto{10.66978pt}{0.0pt}\pgfsys@stroke\pgfsys@invoke{ } \pgfsys@invoke{\lxSVG@closescope }\pgfsys@endscope\pgfsys@beginscope\pgfsys@invoke{ }{{}} {}{{}}{} {{}{}}{} {{}{}}{}{}\pgfsys@moveto{5.33488pt}{0.0pt}\pgfsys@lineto{8.00233pt}{-2.66743pt}\pgfsys@lineto{10.66978pt}{0.0pt}\pgfsys@stroke\pgfsys@invoke{ } \pgfsys@invoke{\lxSVG@closescope }\pgfsys@endscope {{}}{{}}\hbox{\hbox{{\pgfsys@beginscope\pgfsys@invoke{ }{{}{}{{ {}{}}}{ {}{}} {{}{{}}}{{}{}}{}{{}{}}{}{}{}{}{} { }{{{{}}\pgfsys@beginscope\pgfsys@invoke{ }\pgfsys@transformcm{0.8}{0.0}{0.0}{0.8}{13.44586pt}{-13.45903pt}\pgfsys@invoke{ }\hbox{{\definecolor{pgfstrokecolor}{rgb}{0,0,0}\pgfsys@color@rgb@stroke{0}{0}{0}\pgfsys@invoke{ }\pgfsys@color@rgb@fill{0}{0}{0}\pgfsys@invoke{ }\hbox{{\alpha}} }}\pgfsys@invoke{\lxSVG@closescope }\pgfsys@endscope}}} \pgfsys@invoke{\lxSVG@closescope }\pgfsys@endscope}}} {{}}{{}}\hbox{\hbox{{\pgfsys@beginscope\pgfsys@invoke{ }{{}{}{{ {}{}}}{ {}{}} {{}{{}}}{{}{}}{}{{}{}}{}{}{}{}{} { }{{{{}}\pgfsys@beginscope\pgfsys@invoke{ }\pgfsys@transformcm{0.8}{0.0}{0.0}{0.8}{-0.12842pt}{-10.53569pt}\pgfsys@invoke{ }\hbox{{\definecolor{pgfstrokecolor}{rgb}{0,0,0}\pgfsys@color@rgb@stroke{0}{0}{0}\pgfsys@invoke{ }\pgfsys@color@rgb@fill{0}{0}{0}\pgfsys@invoke{ }\hbox{{\beta}} }}\pgfsys@invoke{\lxSVG@closescope }\pgfsys@endscope}}} \pgfsys@invoke{\lxSVG@closescope }\pgfsys@endscope}}} {{}}{{}}\hbox{\hbox{{\pgfsys@beginscope\pgfsys@invoke{ }{{}{}{{ {}{}}}{ {}{}} {{}{{}}}{{}{}}{}{{}{}}{}{}{}{}{} { }{{{{}}\pgfsys@beginscope\pgfsys@invoke{ }\pgfsys@transformcm{0.8}{0.0}{0.0}{0.8}{9.6659pt}{-4.14523pt}\pgfsys@invoke{ }\hbox{{\definecolor{pgfstrokecolor}{rgb}{0,0,0}\pgfsys@color@rgb@stroke{0}{0}{0}\pgfsys@invoke{ }\pgfsys@color@rgb@fill{0}{0}{0}\pgfsys@invoke{ }\hbox{{\gamma}} }}\pgfsys@invoke{\lxSVG@closescope }\pgfsys@endscope}}} \pgfsys@invoke{\lxSVG@closescope }\pgfsys@endscope}}} } \pgfsys@invoke{\lxSVG@closescope }\pgfsys@endscope{}{}{}\hss}\pgfsys@discardpath\pgfsys@invoke{\lxSVG@closescope }\pgfsys@endscope\hss}}\lxSVG@closescope\endpgfpicture}} with . It has non-total cuts and one total cut.
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Consider the decorated planar binary tree T=\leavevmode\hbox to31.54pt{\vbox to22.11pt{\pgfpicture\makeatletter\hbox{\hskip 5.19658pt\lower-21.72707pt\hbox to0.0pt{\pgfsys@beginscope\pgfsys@invoke{ }\definecolor{pgfstrokecolor}{rgb}{0,0,0}\pgfsys@color@rgb@stroke{0}{0}{0}\pgfsys@invoke{ }\pgfsys@color@rgb@fill{0}{0}{0}\pgfsys@invoke{ }\pgfsys@setlinewidth{0.4pt}\pgfsys@invoke{ }\nullfont\hbox to0.0pt{\pgfsys@beginscope\pgfsys@invoke{ }{{}}\pgfsys@setlinewidth{0.775pt}\pgfsys@invoke{ }{ {}{{}}{} {{}{}}{} {{}{}}{}{}{{}}{} {{}{}}{}{}\pgfsys@moveto{0.0pt}{0.0pt}\pgfsys@lineto{10.66978pt}{-10.66978pt}\pgfsys@lineto{21.33957pt}{0.0pt}\pgfsys@moveto{10.66978pt}{-10.66978pt}\pgfsys@lineto{10.66978pt}{-21.33957pt}\pgfsys@stroke\pgfsys@invoke{ } \pgfsys@beginscope\pgfsys@invoke{ }{{}} {}{{}}{} {{}{}}{} {{}{}}{}{}\pgfsys@moveto{0.0pt}{0.0pt}\pgfsys@lineto{2.66743pt}{-2.66743pt}\pgfsys@lineto{5.33488pt}{0.0pt}\pgfsys@stroke\pgfsys@invoke{ } \pgfsys@invoke{\lxSVG@closescope }\pgfsys@endscope\pgfsys@beginscope\pgfsys@invoke{ }{{}} {}{{}}{} {{}{}}{} {{}{}}{}{}\pgfsys@moveto{16.00467pt}{0.0pt}\pgfsys@lineto{18.67212pt}{-2.66743pt}\pgfsys@lineto{21.33957pt}{0.0pt}\pgfsys@stroke\pgfsys@invoke{ } \pgfsys@invoke{\lxSVG@closescope }\pgfsys@endscope {{}}{{}}\hbox{\hbox{{\pgfsys@beginscope\pgfsys@invoke{ }{{}{}{{ {}{}}}{ {}{}} {{}{{}}}{{}{}}{}{{}{}}{}{}{}{}{} { }{{{{}}\pgfsys@beginscope\pgfsys@invoke{ }\pgfsys@transformcm{0.8}{0.0}{0.0}{0.8}{-4.39658pt}{-7.33488pt}\pgfsys@invoke{ }\hbox{{\definecolor{pgfstrokecolor}{rgb}{0,0,0}\pgfsys@color@rgb@stroke{0}{0}{0}\pgfsys@invoke{ }\pgfsys@color@rgb@fill{0}{0}{0}\pgfsys@invoke{ }\hbox{{{\beta}}} }}\pgfsys@invoke{\lxSVG@closescope }\pgfsys@endscope}}} \pgfsys@invoke{\lxSVG@closescope }\pgfsys@endscope}}} {{}}{{}}\hbox{\hbox{{\pgfsys@beginscope\pgfsys@invoke{ }{{}{}{{ {}{}}}{ {}{}} {{}{{}}}{{}{}}{}{{}{}}{}{}{}{}{} { }{{{{}}\pgfsys@beginscope\pgfsys@invoke{ }\pgfsys@transformcm{0.8}{0.0}{0.0}{0.8}{21.40273pt}{-6.27933pt}\pgfsys@invoke{ }\hbox{{\definecolor{pgfstrokecolor}{rgb}{0,0,0}\pgfsys@color@rgb@stroke{0}{0}{0}\pgfsys@invoke{ }\pgfsys@color@rgb@fill{0}{0}{0}\pgfsys@invoke{ }\hbox{{{\gamma}}} }}\pgfsys@invoke{\lxSVG@closescope }\pgfsys@endscope}}} \pgfsys@invoke{\lxSVG@closescope }\pgfsys@endscope}}} {{}}{{}}\hbox{\hbox{{\pgfsys@beginscope\pgfsys@invoke{ }{{}{}{{ {}{}}}{ {}{}} {{}{{}}}{{}{}}{}{{}{}}{}{}{}{}{} { }{{{{}}\pgfsys@beginscope\pgfsys@invoke{ }\pgfsys@transformcm{0.8}{0.0}{0.0}{0.8}{13.44586pt}{-13.45903pt}\pgfsys@invoke{ }\hbox{{\definecolor{pgfstrokecolor}{rgb}{0,0,0}\pgfsys@color@rgb@stroke{0}{0}{0}\pgfsys@invoke{ }\pgfsys@color@rgb@fill{0}{0}{0}\pgfsys@invoke{ }\hbox{{{\alpha}}} }}\pgfsys@invoke{\lxSVG@closescope }\pgfsys@endscope}}} \pgfsys@invoke{\lxSVG@closescope }\pgfsys@endscope}}} } \pgfsys@invoke{\lxSVG@closescope }\pgfsys@endscope{}{}{}\hss}\pgfsys@discardpath\pgfsys@invoke{\lxSVG@closescope }\pgfsys@endscope\hss}}\lxSVG@closescope\endpgfpicture}} with . It has non-total cuts and one total cut.
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Remark 2.5**.**
It should be pointed out that our admissible cut is different from the one, which is introduced by Connes-Kreimer on undecorated planar rooted trees [9] and further studied by Foissy on decorated planar rooted trees [16]. For example, under the framework of [16], Foissy gave
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The undecorated case can also be found in [9, Figure 5]. Note that the cutting edge is deleted. However our admissible cut cuts each cutting edge into two edges.
Now we are ready to give a combinatorial description of the coproduct .
Theorem 2.6**.**
Let . Then
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Proof.
We prove Eq. (4) by induction on the depth . For the initial step of , we have T=\leavevmode\hbox to22.11pt{\vbox to22.11pt{\pgfpicture\makeatletter\hbox{\hskip 0.3875pt\lower-21.72707pt\hbox to0.0pt{\pgfsys@beginscope\pgfsys@invoke{ }\definecolor{pgfstrokecolor}{rgb}{0,0,0}\pgfsys@color@rgb@stroke{0}{0}{0}\pgfsys@invoke{ }\pgfsys@color@rgb@fill{0}{0}{0}\pgfsys@invoke{ }\pgfsys@setlinewidth{0.4pt}\pgfsys@invoke{ }\nullfont\hbox to0.0pt{\pgfsys@beginscope\pgfsys@invoke{ }{{}}\pgfsys@setlinewidth{0.775pt}\pgfsys@invoke{ }{ {}{{}}{} {{}{}}{} {{}{}}{}{}{{}}{} {{}{}}{}{}\pgfsys@moveto{0.0pt}{0.0pt}\pgfsys@lineto{10.66978pt}{-10.66978pt}\pgfsys@lineto{21.33957pt}{0.0pt}\pgfsys@moveto{10.66978pt}{-10.66978pt}\pgfsys@lineto{10.66978pt}{-21.33957pt}\pgfsys@stroke\pgfsys@invoke{ } {{}}{{}}\hbox{\hbox{{\pgfsys@beginscope\pgfsys@invoke{ }{{}{}{{ {}{}}}{ {}{}} {{}{{}}}{{}{}}{}{{}{}}{}{}{}{}{} { }{{{{}}\pgfsys@beginscope\pgfsys@invoke{ }\pgfsys@transformcm{0.8}{0.0}{0.0}{0.8}{13.44586pt}{-13.45903pt}\pgfsys@invoke{ }\hbox{{\definecolor{pgfstrokecolor}{rgb}{0,0,0}\pgfsys@color@rgb@stroke{0}{0}{0}\pgfsys@invoke{ }\pgfsys@color@rgb@fill{0}{0}{0}\pgfsys@invoke{ }\hbox{{{\alpha}}} }}\pgfsys@invoke{\lxSVG@closescope }\pgfsys@endscope}}} \pgfsys@invoke{\lxSVG@closescope }\pgfsys@endscope}}} } \pgfsys@invoke{\lxSVG@closescope }\pgfsys@endscope{}{}{}\hss}\pgfsys@discardpath\pgfsys@invoke{\lxSVG@closescope }\pgfsys@endscope\hss}}\lxSVG@closescope\endpgfpicture}} for some . Since has only one internal vertex and each edge in a cut can’t connect a leaf and an internal vertex, has only two cuts—the total cut and the empty cut. Thus consists of the total cut and the empty cut, and so
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For the induction step of , we may write for some and . We have two cases to consider.
Case 1. and , or and . Without loss of generality, we consider and . Then and . By Eq. (3),
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Case 2. and . Then with and . It follows from Eq. (3) that
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We may draw the decorated planar binary tree graphically as
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Then all kinds of admissible cuts in can be illustrated graphically as:
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Note that the last eight terms in Eq. (5) are precisely corresponding to the eight kinds of admissible cuts in . Thus
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This completes the proof. ∎
Example 2.7**.**
- (a)
Consider the planar binary tree T=\leavevmode\hbox to23.72pt{\vbox to22.11pt{\pgfpicture\makeatletter\hbox{\hskip 1.99547pt\lower-21.72707pt\hbox to0.0pt{\pgfsys@beginscope\pgfsys@invoke{ }\definecolor{pgfstrokecolor}{rgb}{0,0,0}\pgfsys@color@rgb@stroke{0}{0}{0}\pgfsys@invoke{ }\pgfsys@color@rgb@fill{0}{0}{0}\pgfsys@invoke{ }\pgfsys@setlinewidth{0.4pt}\pgfsys@invoke{ }\nullfont\hbox to0.0pt{\pgfsys@beginscope\pgfsys@invoke{ }{{}}\pgfsys@setlinewidth{0.775pt}\pgfsys@invoke{ }{ {}{{}}{} {{}{}}{} {{}{}}{}{}{{}}{} {{}{}}{}{}\pgfsys@moveto{0.0pt}{0.0pt}\pgfsys@lineto{10.66978pt}{-10.66978pt}\pgfsys@lineto{21.33957pt}{0.0pt}\pgfsys@moveto{10.66978pt}{-10.66978pt}\pgfsys@lineto{10.66978pt}{-21.33957pt}\pgfsys@stroke\pgfsys@invoke{ } \pgfsys@beginscope\pgfsys@invoke{ }{{}} {}{{}}{} {{}{}}{} {{}{}}{}{}\pgfsys@moveto{0.0pt}{0.0pt}\pgfsys@lineto{5.33488pt}{-5.33488pt}\pgfsys@lineto{10.66978pt}{0.0pt}\pgfsys@stroke\pgfsys@invoke{ } \pgfsys@invoke{\lxSVG@closescope }\pgfsys@endscope\pgfsys@beginscope\pgfsys@invoke{ }{{}} {}{{}}{} {{}{}}{} {{}{}}{}{}\pgfsys@moveto{5.33488pt}{0.0pt}\pgfsys@lineto{8.00233pt}{-2.66743pt}\pgfsys@lineto{10.66978pt}{0.0pt}\pgfsys@stroke\pgfsys@invoke{ } \pgfsys@invoke{\lxSVG@closescope }\pgfsys@endscope {{}}{{}}\hbox{\hbox{{\pgfsys@beginscope\pgfsys@invoke{ }{{}{}{{ {}{}}}{ {}{}} {{}{{}}}{{}{}}{}{{}{}}{}{}{}{}{} { }{{{{}}\pgfsys@beginscope\pgfsys@invoke{ }\pgfsys@transformcm{0.8}{0.0}{0.0}{0.8}{13.44586pt}{-15.59279pt}\pgfsys@invoke{ }\hbox{{\definecolor{pgfstrokecolor}{rgb}{0,0,0}\pgfsys@color@rgb@stroke{0}{0}{0}\pgfsys@invoke{ }\pgfsys@color@rgb@fill{0}{0}{0}\pgfsys@invoke{ }\hbox{{\alpha}} }}\pgfsys@invoke{\lxSVG@closescope }\pgfsys@endscope}}} \pgfsys@invoke{\lxSVG@closescope }\pgfsys@endscope}}} {{}}{{}}\hbox{\hbox{{\pgfsys@beginscope\pgfsys@invoke{ }{{}{}{{ {}{}}}{ {}{}} {{}{{}}}{{}{}}{}{{}{}}{}{}{}{}{} { }{{{{}}\pgfsys@beginscope\pgfsys@invoke{ }\pgfsys@transformcm{0.8}{0.0}{0.0}{0.8}{-1.19547pt}{-10.53569pt}\pgfsys@invoke{ }\hbox{{\definecolor{pgfstrokecolor}{rgb}{0,0,0}\pgfsys@color@rgb@stroke{0}{0}{0}\pgfsys@invoke{ }\pgfsys@color@rgb@fill{0}{0}{0}\pgfsys@invoke{ }\hbox{{\beta}} }}\pgfsys@invoke{\lxSVG@closescope }\pgfsys@endscope}}} \pgfsys@invoke{\lxSVG@closescope }\pgfsys@endscope}}} {{}}{{}}\hbox{\hbox{{\pgfsys@beginscope\pgfsys@invoke{ }{{}{}{{ {}{}}}{ {}{}} {{}{{}}}{{}{}}{}{{}{}}{}{}{}{}{} { }{{{{}}\pgfsys@beginscope\pgfsys@invoke{ }\pgfsys@transformcm{0.7}{0.0}{0.0}{0.7}{9.92477pt}{-5.09422pt}\pgfsys@invoke{ }\hbox{{\definecolor{pgfstrokecolor}{rgb}{0,0,0}\pgfsys@color@rgb@stroke{0}{0}{0}\pgfsys@invoke{ }\pgfsys@color@rgb@fill{0}{0}{0}\pgfsys@invoke{ }\hbox{{\gamma}} }}\pgfsys@invoke{\lxSVG@closescope }\pgfsys@endscope}}} \pgfsys@invoke{\lxSVG@closescope }\pgfsys@endscope}}} } \pgfsys@invoke{\lxSVG@closescope }\pgfsys@endscope{}{}{}\hss}\pgfsys@discardpath\pgfsys@invoke{\lxSVG@closescope }\pgfsys@endscope\hss}}\lxSVG@closescope\endpgfpicture}}. By Theorem 2.6 and Example 2.4 (a), we have
[TABLE] 2. (b)
Let T=\leavevmode\hbox to31.54pt{\vbox to22.11pt{\pgfpicture\makeatletter\hbox{\hskip 5.19658pt\lower-21.72707pt\hbox to0.0pt{\pgfsys@beginscope\pgfsys@invoke{ }\definecolor{pgfstrokecolor}{rgb}{0,0,0}\pgfsys@color@rgb@stroke{0}{0}{0}\pgfsys@invoke{ }\pgfsys@color@rgb@fill{0}{0}{0}\pgfsys@invoke{ }\pgfsys@setlinewidth{0.4pt}\pgfsys@invoke{ }\nullfont\hbox to0.0pt{\pgfsys@beginscope\pgfsys@invoke{ }{{}}\pgfsys@setlinewidth{0.775pt}\pgfsys@invoke{ }{ {}{{}}{} {{}{}}{} {{}{}}{}{}{{}}{} {{}{}}{}{}\pgfsys@moveto{0.0pt}{0.0pt}\pgfsys@lineto{10.66978pt}{-10.66978pt}\pgfsys@lineto{21.33957pt}{0.0pt}\pgfsys@moveto{10.66978pt}{-10.66978pt}\pgfsys@lineto{10.66978pt}{-21.33957pt}\pgfsys@stroke\pgfsys@invoke{ } \pgfsys@beginscope\pgfsys@invoke{ }{{}} {}{{}}{} {{}{}}{} {{}{}}{}{}\pgfsys@moveto{0.0pt}{0.0pt}\pgfsys@lineto{2.66743pt}{-2.66743pt}\pgfsys@lineto{5.33488pt}{0.0pt}\pgfsys@stroke\pgfsys@invoke{ } \pgfsys@invoke{\lxSVG@closescope }\pgfsys@endscope\pgfsys@beginscope\pgfsys@invoke{ }{{}} {}{{}}{} {{}{}}{} {{}{}}{}{}\pgfsys@moveto{16.00467pt}{0.0pt}\pgfsys@lineto{18.67212pt}{-2.66743pt}\pgfsys@lineto{21.33957pt}{0.0pt}\pgfsys@stroke\pgfsys@invoke{ } \pgfsys@invoke{\lxSVG@closescope }\pgfsys@endscope {{}}{{}}\hbox{\hbox{{\pgfsys@beginscope\pgfsys@invoke{ }{{}{}{{ {}{}}}{ {}{}} {{}{{}}}{{}{}}{}{{}{}}{}{}{}{}{} { }{{{{}}\pgfsys@beginscope\pgfsys@invoke{ }\pgfsys@transformcm{0.8}{0.0}{0.0}{0.8}{-4.39658pt}{-7.33488pt}\pgfsys@invoke{ }\hbox{{\definecolor{pgfstrokecolor}{rgb}{0,0,0}\pgfsys@color@rgb@stroke{0}{0}{0}\pgfsys@invoke{ }\pgfsys@color@rgb@fill{0}{0}{0}\pgfsys@invoke{ }\hbox{{\beta}} }}\pgfsys@invoke{\lxSVG@closescope }\pgfsys@endscope}}} \pgfsys@invoke{\lxSVG@closescope }\pgfsys@endscope}}} {{}}{{}}\hbox{\hbox{{\pgfsys@beginscope\pgfsys@invoke{ }{{}{}{{ {}{}}}{ {}{}} {{}{{}}}{{}{}}{}{{}{}}{}{}{}{}{} { }{{{{}}\pgfsys@beginscope\pgfsys@invoke{ }\pgfsys@transformcm{0.8}{0.0}{0.0}{0.8}{21.40273pt}{-6.27933pt}\pgfsys@invoke{ }\hbox{{\definecolor{pgfstrokecolor}{rgb}{0,0,0}\pgfsys@color@rgb@stroke{0}{0}{0}\pgfsys@invoke{ }\pgfsys@color@rgb@fill{0}{0}{0}\pgfsys@invoke{ }\hbox{{\gamma}} }}\pgfsys@invoke{\lxSVG@closescope }\pgfsys@endscope}}} \pgfsys@invoke{\lxSVG@closescope }\pgfsys@endscope}}} {{}}{{}}\hbox{\hbox{{\pgfsys@beginscope\pgfsys@invoke{ }{{}{}{{ {}{}}}{ {}{}} {{}{{}}}{{}{}}{}{{}{}}{}{}{}{}{} { }{{{{}}\pgfsys@beginscope\pgfsys@invoke{ }\pgfsys@transformcm{0.8}{0.0}{0.0}{0.8}{13.44586pt}{-13.45903pt}\pgfsys@invoke{ }\hbox{{\definecolor{pgfstrokecolor}{rgb}{0,0,0}\pgfsys@color@rgb@stroke{0}{0}{0}\pgfsys@invoke{ }\pgfsys@color@rgb@fill{0}{0}{0}\pgfsys@invoke{ }\hbox{{\alpha}} }}\pgfsys@invoke{\lxSVG@closescope }\pgfsys@endscope}}} \pgfsys@invoke{\lxSVG@closescope }\pgfsys@endscope}}} } \pgfsys@invoke{\lxSVG@closescope }\pgfsys@endscope{}{}{}\hss}\pgfsys@discardpath\pgfsys@invoke{\lxSVG@closescope }\pgfsys@endscope\hss}}\lxSVG@closescope\endpgfpicture}}. It follows from Theorem 2.6 and Example 2.4 (b) that
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Observe that the results in (a) and (b) are consistent with the corresponding ones in Example 2.2.
As a direct consequence of Theorem 2.6, we may give another proof of the following result, which was obtained in [14, Sec. 4.3] and [33, Sec. 6.3.5].
Corollary 2.8**.**
For each ,
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Proof.
Let . Denote by the set of interior vertices of . Then . For an admissible cut in , write
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Here we use the convention that when . By [14, Sec. 4.3], the number of interior vertices of each summand in is . So by Theorem 2.6, the number of interior vertices of each summand in is
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whence
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as required. ∎
Remark 2.9**.**
By Theorem 2.6, the fact that is a connected graded bialgebra is obvious.
2.3. Subcoalgebras of coalgebra of decorated planar binary trees
In this subsection, we only consider the aforementioned coalgebraic structure on decorated planar binary trees, and show that is a strictly graded coalgebra.
Let be a coalgebra. If there exists a family of -submodules of such that
- (a)
; 2. (b)
, ; and 3. (c)
,
then is called a graded coalgebra. If in particular,
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then is said to be a strictly graded coalgebra [11, Chap. 4.1], where is the set of primitive elements of .
Definition 2.10**.**
[11, Chap. 3.1] Let be a coalgebra.
- (a)
A subcoalgebra of is called a simple subcoalgebra if it does not have any subcoalgebras other than [math] and . 2. (b)
is called irreducible if has only one simple subcoalgebra. 3. (c)
is called pointed if all simple subcoalgebras of are one dimensional.
Lemma 2.11**.**
[11, Chap. 4.1]** A strictly graded coalgebra is a pointed irreducible coalgebra.
Narrowing our attention to the coalgebraic structure of , we obtain
Theorem 2.12**.**
The coalgebra is a strictly graded coalgebra with the grading and hence has only one simple subcoalgebra .
Proof.
By Lemma 2.3, is a graded coalgebra. Since , we have . Furthermore,
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is the set of primitive elements of by Theorem 2.6. Thus is a strictly graded coalgebra. By Lemma 2.11, has only one simple subcoalgebra. Then the result follows from that is a simple subcoalgebra of . ∎
Remark 2.13**.**
Summing up, the coradical of the Hopf algebra (that is to say the sum of all its simple coalgebra) is .
3. Free cocycle -Hopf algebras of decorated planar binary trees
In this section, based on the binary grafting operations on with , we introduce the concept of a -algebra and more generally a -algebra, leading to the emergence of -bialgebras and -Hopf algebras. Further when a -cocycle condition is involved, cocycle -bialgebras and cocycle -Hopf algebras are also introduced. We finally show that is a free cocycle -Hopf algebra.
3.1. Free -algebras of decorated planar binary trees
In this subsection, we equip the space of planar binary trees decorated by a nonempty set with a free -algebra structure. Let us first recall the concept of operated algebras.
Definition 3.1**.**
[19, Sec. 1.2]
- (a)
An **operated algebra ** is an algebra together with a (linear) operator . 2. (b)
An **-operated algebra ** is an algebra together with a set of (linear) operators , .
Motivated by the above definition and Eq. (1), we introduce -algebras.
Definition 3.2**.**
- (a)
A -algebra is an algebra together with a binary operation such that, for and in ,
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More generally, let be a nonempty set.
- (b)
A -algebra is an algebra equipped with a set of binary operations
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such that
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where and in with . We denote such a -algebra by . 2. (c)
Let and be two -algebras. A linear map is called a -algebra morphism if is an algebra homomorphism such that for each . 3. (d)
A free -algebra on a set is a -algebra together with a set map with the property that, for any and a set map , there exists a unique -algebra morphism such that .
Remark 3.3**.**
Let us emphasize that -algebras are different from operated algebras: the -algebra is an algebra equipped with a binary operation satisfying Eq. (6); but the operated algebra is an algebra equipped with a unary operation.
Example 3.4**.**
It follows from Eq. (1) that is a -algebra. Indeed, it is a free -algebra with a universal property (see Theorem 3.5 below).
The significant role of the binary grafting is clarified by the following universal property.
Theorem 3.5**.**
The quadruple is the free -algebra on the empty set, that is, the initial object in the category of -algebras. More precisely, for any -algebra , there exists a unique -algebra morphism .
Proof.
(Uniqueness). Suppose that is a -algebra morphism. We prove the uniqueness of for basis elements by induction on . For the initial step of , we have and . For the induction step of , we may write for some and then
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Here and are determined uniquely by the induction hypothesis and so is unique.
(Existence). Define a linear map recursively on depth for by assigning
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where for some and . Then for any , we have
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and so
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We are left to check that
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We proceed to prove Eq. (8) by induction on the sum of depths . For the initial step of , we have and
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For the induction step of , if or , without loss of generality, letting , then and
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So we may assume that and write
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Hence
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as required. This completes the proof. ∎
3.2. Free cocycle -Hopf algebras of decorated planar binary trees
In this subsection, we prove that is the free cocycle -Hopf algebra on the empty set. Let us first pose the following concepts which are motivated from the binary grafting operations characterized in Eq. (1) and the coproduct given in Eq. (3).
Definition 3.6**.**
- (a)
A -bialgebra (resp. -Hopf algebra) is a bialgebra (resp. Hopf algebra) which is also a -algebra . 2. (b)
Let and be two -bialgebras (resp. -Hopf algebras). A linear map is called a -bialgebra morphism (resp. -Hopf algebra morphism) if is a bialgebra (resp. Hopf algebra) morphism such that for .
Involved with an analogy of the Hochschild 1-cocycle condition [15], we pose
Definition 3.7**.**
- (a)
An -cocycle -bialgebra or simply a cocycle -bialgebra is a -bialgebra satisfying the following -cocycle condition: for any and
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where and is the permutation of the second and third tensor factor. If the bialgebra in a cocycle -bialgebra is a Hopf algebra, then it is called a cocycle -Hopf algebra. 2. (b)
A free cocycle -bialgebra on a set is a cocycle -bialgebra together with a set map with the property that, for any cocycle -bialgebra and any set map , there exists a unique -bialgebra morphism such that . The concept of a free cocycle -Hopf algebra is defined in the same way.
When is a singleton set, the subscript in Definitions 3.2 and 3.7 will be suppressed for simplicity.
The following result gives a family of coideals of a cocycle -bialgebra. Recall that a submodule in a coalgebra is called a coideal if and . A biideal of a bialgebra is a submodule of which is both an ideal and a coideal of .
Proposition 3.8**.**
Let be a cocycle -bialgebra and a coideal of . Then, we have the following.
- (a)
* is a coideal of for each .* 2. (b)
The ideal generated by is a biideal.
Proof.
(a) Let . We first show . Let
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Using Sweedler notation, we can write
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Then
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which implies
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We next show
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Indeed, for any ,
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Thus is a coideal.
(b) Suppose that is the ideal generated by . Then we can write and so
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Thus is a biideal of . ∎
As a consequence of Proposition 3.8 (a), we obtain a family of coideals of .
Corollary 3.9**.**
The is a coideal of for each .
Proof.
It follows from Proposition 3.8 (a). ∎
Now we are ready for our main result of this section.
Theorem 3.10**.**
Let be a nonempty set.
- (a)
The sextuple is the free cocycle -bialgebra on the empty set, that is, the initial object in the category of cocycle -bialgebras. 2. (b)
The sextuple is the free cocycle -Hopf algebra on the empty set, , that is, the initial object in the category of cocycle -Hopf algebras.
Proof.
(a) It follows from Lemma 2.3 that is a bialgebra. Furthermore, the is a -bialgebra by Eq. (1) and a cocycle -bialgebra by Eq. (3).
We are left to show the freeness of . For this, let be an arbitrary cocycle -bialgebra. In particular, is a -algebra. So by Theorem 3.5, there exists a unique algebra homomorphism such that
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It remains to check the following two points:
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We prove Eq. (11) by induction on . For the initial step of , we have and
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For the induction step of , we may write for some and . Using the Sweedler notaion,
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Then
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We next prove the Eq. (12). If , then
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If , then can be written as for some and . By Eq. (10),
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where the second last step employs Proposition 3.8 (a). This completes the proof of Item (a).
(b) By Lemma 2.3, is a Hopf algebra. It is further a -Hopf algebra by Eq. (1) and a cocycle -Hopf algebra by Eq. (3). Then Item (b) follows from Item (a) and the well-known fact that any bialgebra morphism between two Hopf algebras is compatible with the antipodes [37, Lem. 4.04]. ∎
Taking to be a singleton set in Theorem 3.10, all planar binary trees in are decorated by the same letter. In other words, planar binary trees in have no decorations in this case and that are precisely the planar binary trees in the classical Loday-Ronco Hopf algebra . So
Corollary 3.11**.**
- (a)
The classical Loday-Ronco Hopf algebra is the free cocycle -bialgebra on the empty set, that is, the initial object in the category of cocycle -bialgebras. 2. (b)
The classical Loday-Ronco Hopf algebra is the free cocycle -Hopf algebra on the empty set, that is, the initial object in the category of cocycle -Hopf algebras.
Proof.
It follows from Theorem 3.10 by taking to be a singleton set. ∎
Acknowledgments: This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 11771191 and 11501267), Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (Grant No. lzujbky-2017-162), the Natural Science Foundation of Gansu Province (Grant No. 17JR5RA175).
We thank Prof. Foissy for helpful discussion and Proposition 3.8 is inspired by the email communication with him.
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