On Two Families of Hopf Algebras of Dimension 2 m

Abstract

In this paper we construct two families of semisimple Hopf algebras of dimension 2 ⁿ⁺¹, n ≥ 3. They are all constructed as Radford's biproducts. For these examples and their duals we compute their grouplike elements, centers, character algebras and Grothendieck rings. Comparing these facts we are able to show that depending on the dimension, representatives of one of the families are selfdual. We also prove that Hopf algebras from these families are neither triangular nor cotriangular and that their cocycle deformations are trivial.