1-2-3 Seminar: Representations of Braided Hopf Algebras

You don't love Hopf algebras enough! In this talk we will learn how Hopf algebras give a monoidal structure to their representations through simple examples in group theory, super vector spaces, and, if there's time, Yetter–Drinfeld modules. We will observe how switching our braiding can completely change our category of representations. Fear not! Every example we tackle can be understood using only linear algebra.