1. Introduction
Hom-algebras were first introduced in the Lie algebra setting [
1] with motivation from physics, though their origin can be traced back to earlier literature, such as [
2]. In [
3], Makhlouf and Silvestrov introduced the definition of Hom-algebras, where the associativity of a Hom-algebra is twisted by an endomorphism. Later, Makhlouf and Silvestrov [
4,
5] extended the notions of bialgebras and Hopf algebras to Hom-bialgebras and Hom–Hopf algebras. In [
6], Yau extended the notion of Lie bialgebras to Hom–Lie bialgebras and showed solutions for the classical Hom–Yang–Baxter equation using the twisted map. In [
7], Sheng and Bai defined a new kind of Hom-Lie bialgebra, which was equivalent to Manin triples of Hom-Lie algebras, and constructed solutions of the classical Hom–Yang–Baxter equation in terms of
-operators.
Leibniz algebras were first introduced by Loday [
8,
9] with the motivation from the study of periodicity in algebraic K-theory, which played an important role in mathematics and physics. It is well known that both Lie algebras and commutative, associative algebras have a theory of bialgebras applied to many fields. For Leibniz algebras, Barreiro and Benayadi [
10] introduced the notion of Leibniz bialgebras via the double construction of Leibniz algebras and studied the classical Yang–Baxter equation, which is different to Barreiro and Benayadi’s Leibniz bialgebras. Tang and Sheng [
11] defined a new kind of Leibniz bialgebras and proved they were equivalent with matched pairs of Leibniz algebras and Manin triples of Leibniz algebras. Now it is natural to introduce the notion of Hom–Leibniz bialgebras and explore their equivalent characterizations. This was our first motivation for writing the present paper.
The classical Yang–Baxter equation was investigated by Sklyanin [
12] in the context of the quantum inverse scattering method, which has a close connection with many branches of mathematical physics and pure mathematics, including quantum groups, quantum integrable systems, Hamiltonian structures, braided categories and invariants of knots and links. The generalization of the classical Yang–Baxter equation in the Hom-type case, namely, the classical Hom–Yang–Baxter equation in Hom–Lie algebras, has been studied widely in [
6,
13,
14,
15,
16]. In [
11], Tang and Sheng generalized the classical Yang–Baxter equation to the classical Leibniz Yang–Baxter equation and characterized relative Rota–Baxter operators on Leibniz algebras as Maurer–Cartan elements. Motivated by the recent work on the classical Hom–Yang–Baxter equation and the relative Rota–Baxter operator on Leibniz algebras, in this paper, we introduce the notions of the classical Hom–Leibniz Yang–Baxter equation and the relative Rota–Baxter operator on Hom–Leibniz algebras. This was another motivation for writing the present paper.
The paper is organized as follows. In
Section 3, we present the notion of Hom–Leibniz bialgebras and show that matched pairs of Hom–Leibniz algebras, Manin triples of Hom–Leibniz algebras, and Hom–Leibniz bialgebras are equivalent. In
Section 4, we introduce the notion of a relative Rota–Baxter operator on a Hom–Leibniz algebra and show that a Hom–Leibniz algebra together with a relative Rota–Baxter operator yields a Hom–pre-Leibniz algebra. In
Section 5, we recall the notion of the classical Hom–Leibniz Yang–Baxter equation and obtain its connection with the relative Rota–Baxter operator on Hom–Leibniz algebras.
2. Preliminaries
Throughout this paper, we work over the complex field
, and all the vector spaces are finite-dimensional. We now recall some useful definitions in [
17].
Definition 1. A Hom–Leibniz algebra is a triple consisting of a linear space g, a bilinear operation and an algebra homomorphism satisfying A Hom–Leibniz algebra
is said to be regular (involutive), if
is nondegenerate (satisfies
). Define two linear maps
with
and
, respectively, by
If there is a Hom–Leibniz algebra structure on the dual space , we denote the left multiplication and the right multiplication by and , respectively.
Definition 2. A representation of a Hom–Leibniz algebra is a triple
, where V is a vector space and denotes the linear endomorphisms of V; , are three linear maps such that the following equalities hold for all :
- (1)
- (2)
- (3)
- (4)
Define the left multiplication and the right multiplication by and , respectively, for all . Then is a representation of , which is called a regular representation.
3. Hom–Leibniz Bialgebras
In this section, we will introduce the notion of a Hom–Leibniz bialgebra and prove that matched pairs of Hom–Leibniz algebras, Manin triples of Hom–Leibniz algebras and Hom–Leibniz bialgebras are equivalent.
Definition 3. Let and be two Hom–Leibniz algebras. If there exists a representation of on and a representation of on such that the following identities hold:for all and , then we call a matched pair of Hom–Leibniz algebras. Proposition 1. Let be a matched pair of Hom–Leibniz algebras. Then there is a Hom–Leibniz algebra structure on defined byfor all and . Proof. For any
and
, we have
As is a representation of on and is a representation of on , is a Hom–Leibniz algebra. □
According to [
7], it is easy to obtain the following result by Definition 3.
Lemma 1. Let be a Hom–Leibniz algebra and be a representation. Then is a representation of if the following equalities hold for all :
- (i)
- (ii)
- (iii)
- (iv)
A representation is called admissible if is also a representation—i.e., conditions (i)–(iv) in the above lemma are satisfied.
Definition 4. A Manin triple of Hom–Leibniz algebras is a quintuple , where
- (1)
is a quadratic Hom–Leibniz algebra,
- (2)
Both and are isotropic subalgebras of ,
- (3)
as vector spaces.
For a Hom–Leibniz algebra
, let
be the dual map of
; i.e.,
Definition 5. Let and be admissible Hom–Leibniz algebras. Then is called a Hom–Leibniz bialgebra if the following conditions hold:
- (1)
For any ,where is the exchange operator defined by . - (2)
Theorem 1. Let and be two admissible Hom–Leibniz algebras. Then the following conditions are equivalent:
- (i)
is a Hom–Leibniz bialgebra.
- (ii)
is a matched pair of Hom–Leibniz algebras.
- (iii)
is a Manin triple of Hom–Leibniz algebras, where the invariant skew-symmetric bilinear form ω on is given by
Proof. We only prove that (i) is equivalent to (ii). Others are similar to [
11]. For any
and
, consider the left hand side of Equation (
6). We have
Furthermore, by straightforward computations, we have
Therefore, Equation (
6) is equivalent to
The left hand side of Equation (5) is equal to
Furthermore, we have
Therefore, Equation (5) is equivalent to
The left hand side of Equation (
4) is equal to
Therefore, Equation (
4) is equivalent to
By Equations (8) and (9), we deduce that
Thus, by Equations (5) and (6), we can deduce that Equation (
4) holds.
Consider the left hand side of Equation (
3). It is equal to
. For any
, we have
which implies that Equation (3) is equivalent to Equation (6). Similarly, if Equation (3) holds, we can deduce that Equation (2) is equivalent to Equation (5). Furthermore, by Equations (2) and (3), we can deduce that Equation (1) holds naturally. Therefore,
is a matched pair of Hom–Leibniz algebras if and only if Equations (8) and (9) hold. Thus,
is a Hom–Leibniz bialgebra if and only if
is a matched pair of Hom–Leibniz algebras. The proof is finished. □
Corollary 1. Let be a Hom–Leibniz bialgebra. Then is also a Hom–Leibniz bialgebra.
4. Relative Rota–Baxter Operators on Hom–Leibniz Algebras
In this section, we will introduce the notion of relative Rota–Baxter operators on Hom–Leibniz algebras and prove that any Hom–Leibniz algebra together with a relative Rota–Baxter operator naturally gives rise to a Hom–pre-Leibniz algebra.
Definition 6. Let be a representation of a Hom–Leibniz algebra . A relative Rota–Baxter operator on with respect to the representation , is a linear map such that Obviously, the notion of relative Rota–Baxter operators on Hom–Leibniz algebras is a generalization of relative Rota–Baxter operators on Leibniz algebras in [
11].
Example 1. Consider the 2-dimensional Hom–Leibniz algebra given with respect to a basis by Let be the dual basis. Then is a relative Rota–Baxter operator on with respect to the representation if and only if the following equalities hold: It is straightforward to deduce thatand To summarize the above discussion, we have
- (1)
If , then is a relative Rota–Baxter operator on with respect to the representation if and only if - (2)
If , then is a relative Rota–Baxter operator on with respect to the representation if and only if
Definition 7. A Hom–pre-Leibniz algebra is a quadruple consisting of a vector space A, two binary operations ▹ and and a linear map satisfying the following conditions:
- (A1)
- (A2)
- (A3)
for all .
Proposition 2. Let be a Hom–pre-Leibniz algebra. Define by Then, defines a Hom–Leibniz algebra, which is called the sub-adjacent Hom–Leibniz algebra of and is called a compatible Hom–pre-Leibniz algebra structure on .
Proof. For any
, we have
Then, is a Hom–Leibniz algebra. □
Let
be a Hom–pre-Leibniz algebra. Define two linear maps
and
by
Proposition 3. Let be a Hom–pre-Leibniz algebra. Then , is a representation of the sub-adjacent Hom–Leibniz algebra . Moreover, the identity map is a relative Rota–Baxter operator on the Hom–Leibniz algebra with respect to the representation .
Proof. For any
, we have
Therefore,
is a representation of the sub-adjacent Hom–Leibniz algebra
,
. Moreover, we have
Thus, is a relative Rota–Baxter operator on the Hom–Leibniz algebra with respect to the representation . □
Proposition 4. Let K be a relative Rota–Baxter operator on a Hom–Leibniz algebra with respect to a representation . Then there is a Hom–pre-Leibniz algebra structure on V given by Proof. For any
, we have
which implies that (A1) in Definition 7 holds.
Similarly, we can show that (A2) and (A3) also hold. Thus, is a Hom–pre-Leibniz algebra. □
Next we will give a sufficient and necessary condition for the existence of a compatible Hom–pre-Leibniz algebra structure on a Hom–Leibniz algebra.
Proposition 5. Let be a Hom–Leibniz algebra. Then, there is a compatible Hom–pre-Leibniz algebra on g if and only if there exists an invertible relative Rota–Baxter operator on g with respect to a representation . Furthermore, the compatible Hom–pre-Leibniz algebra structure on g is given by Proof. Let
be an invertible relative Rota–Baxter operator on
g with respect to a representation
. By Proposition 4, there is a Hom–pre-Leibniz algebra on
V given by
Since
K is an invertible relative Rota–Baxter operator, we obtain that
is a Hom–pre-Leibniz algebra on
. Furthermore, we have
On the other hand, by Proposition 4, is a representation of the Hom–Leibniz algebra . Moreover, is a relative Rota–Baxter operator on the Hom–Leibniz algebra with respect to the representation . □
Proposition 6. Let K be a relative Rota–Baxter operator on a Hom–Leibniz algebra with respect to . Define Then, is a Hom–Leibniz algebra.
Proof. It follows from Propositions 3 and 5. □
Corollary 2. Let be an admissible Hom–Leibniz algebra and be a relative Rota–Baxter operator on g with respect to the representation . Then, is a Hom–Leibniz algebra, where is given by Definition 8. A quadratic Hom–Leibniz algebra is a Hom–Leibniz algebra equipped with a nondegenerate skew-symmetric bilinear form such that the following invariant condition holds: Remark 1. In [18], Ammar, Mabrouk and Makhlouf introduced the notion of quadratic Hom–Leibniz algebras as follows: Combined with [11], we give the notion of quadratic Hom–Leibniz algebras different from [18]. It is worth mentioning that our notion of quadratic Hom–Leibniz algebras can include the notion of quadratic Hom–Leibniz algebras in [18]. Proposition 7. Let be a relative Rota–Baxter operator on a Hom–Leibniz algebra with respect to the representation and , where is the dual map of K. Then is a quadratic Hom–Leibniz algebra with the invariant bilinear form ω given by Equation (7).
Proof. For any
and
, we have
Thus,
if and only if
. Further, we have
Hence, is a quadratic Hom–Leibniz algebra. □
By Corollary 2, Proposition 7 and Theorem 1, we obtain
Theorem 2. Let be a relative Rota–Baxter operator on a Hom–Leibniz algebra with respect to the representation and . Then is a Hom–Leibniz bialgebra.
5. The Classical Hom–Leibniz Yang–Baxter Equation
In this section, we will recall the notion of the classical Hom–Leibniz Yang–Baxter equation according to [
10,
11] and study its properties.
Definition 9. Let be a Hom–Leibniz algebra and be symmetric. Then the equationwhereis called the classical Hom–Leibniz Yang–Baxter equation in g, and r is called a solution of the classical Hom–Leibniz Yang–Baxter equation. Example 2. Consider the 2-dimensional Hom–Leibniz algebra given with respect to a basis by For any . By direct calculation, we have Thus,
- (1)
If , any is a solution of the classical Hom–Leibniz Yang–Baxter equation.
- (2)
If , any is a solution of the classical Hom–Leibniz Yang–Baxter equation if and only if
Let
r be a solution of the classical Hom–Leibniz Yang–Baxter equation in
g, and define the linear map
such that
by
then,
is a Hom–Leibniz bialgebra.
Let
be a regular admissible Hom–Leibniz algebra and
be invertible (that is,
is invertible). Define
by
Proposition 8. With the notation above, r is a nondegenerate solution of the classical Hom–Leibniz Yang–Baxter equation satisfying in a Hom–Leibniz algebra g if and only if the symmetric nondegenerate bilinear form B satisfies Proof. B is symmetric nondegenerate bilinear since
r is nondegenerate. For any
, there exist
such that
, so we have
The proof is finished. □
Lemma 2. Let be a quadratic Hom–Leibniz algebra. Then the mapis an isomorphism from the regular representation to its dual representation . Proof. Straightforward. □
Proposition 9. Let be a quadratic Hom–Leibniz algebra and be two linear maps. Then K is a relative Rota–Baxter operator on with respect to the representation if and only if is a Rota–Baxter operator on .
Proof. For any
, we have
Thus, it follows that
is a Rota–Baxter operator on
if and only if
Since is an isomorphism, these identities hold if and only if K is a relative Rota–Baxter operator on with respect to the representation . □
Corollary 3. Let be a quadratic Hom–Leibniz algebra. Then is a solution of the classical Hom–Leibniz Yang–Baxter equation in g if and only if is a relative Rota–Baxter operator on , where is defined by for all ; that is,