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1. We comment on the results in a language using bases. Let A be a Frobenius algebra. It<br />

is finite-dimensional and let (l i ) i=1,...N be a K-basis of A. Since the Frobenius form κ is<br />

non-degenerate, we can find another basis (r i ) i=1,...,N such that<br />

κ(l i , r i ) = δ ij .<br />

Such a pair of bases is called a pair (r i , l i ) of dual bases for the Frobenius form κ.<br />

2. Since (l i ) i=1,...N is a basis, we can write any x ∈ A as a linear combination, x = ∑ N<br />

i=1 x il i .<br />

Now<br />

N∑<br />

κ(x, r j ) = x i κ(l i , r j ) = x j<br />

and thus<br />

similarly,<br />

x =<br />

x =<br />

i=1<br />

N∑<br />

κ(x, r i )l i for all x ∈ A ; (6)<br />

i=1<br />

N∑<br />

κ(l i , x)r i for all x ∈ A . (7)<br />

i=1<br />

3. Conversely, given a pair of bases (r i , l i ) such that equation (6) holds for all x ∈ A, we find<br />

with x = l j that κ(l i , r i ) = δ ij and conclude that (7) holds for all x ∈ A.<br />

4. Consider for any dual bases the element<br />

C :=<br />

N∑<br />

r i ⊗ l i ∈ A ⊗ A .<br />

We claim that it is a Casimir element, i.e. xC = Cx for all x ∈ A. Indeed,<br />

implies<br />

Similarly, we find<br />

Cx =<br />

xC =<br />

i=1<br />

l i x =<br />

N∑<br />

κ(l i x, r i )l i<br />

i=1<br />

N∑<br />

r i ⊗ l i x =<br />

i=1<br />

N∑<br />

xr i ⊗ l i =<br />

i=1<br />

N∑<br />

κ(l i x, r j )r i ⊗ l i .<br />

i,j=1<br />

N∑<br />

κ(l i , xr j )r i ⊗ l i .<br />

i,j=1<br />

The invariance of the Frobenius form κ now implies xC = Cx.<br />

Remark 3.2.21.<br />

We can give explicitly a separability idempotent of a finite-dimensional semisimple Hopf algebra.<br />

1. Let λ ∈ H ∗ be a non-zero left integral and let Λ ∈ H be a right integral that λ(Λ) = 1,<br />

c.f. proposition 3.1.25. Then we have<br />

S(Λ (1) )〈λ, Λ (2) x〉 = S(Λ (1) )Λ (2) x (1) 〈λ, Λ (3) x (2) 〉 [λ cointegral]<br />

= x (1) 〈λ, Λx (2) 〉 [S antipode]<br />

= x〈λ, Λ〉 = x [Λ right integral, normalization]<br />

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