Quantum Yang-Baxter module algebras

LetH be a quantum group over a commutative ringR. We introduce the concept of quantum Yang-BaxterH-module algebra, generalizing the notion ofH-dimodule algebra in the case whereH is commutative, cocommutative and faithfully projective. After discussing some examples, we introduceH-Azumaya algebras. The set of quivalence classes ofH-Azumaya algebras can be made into a group, called the Brauer group of the quantum groupH. This group is a generalization of the Brauer-Long group.This author wishes to thank the Department of Mathematics, UIA, for its hospitality and financial support during the time when most of this paper was written.