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and in that case, if x is a homogeneous element, x is of degree n if and only if |x| = n.
1.3.4. The convolution product
An important result is that any connected filtered bialgebra is indeed a filtered Hopf algebra, in the sense that the antipode comes for free. We give a proof of this fact as well as a recursive formula for the antipode using the convolution product: let ℋ be a (connected filtered) bialgebra, and let
PROPOSITION 1.8.– The map
PROOF.– The first statement is straightforward. To prove the second, let us consider the formal series:
Using (e — φ)(1) = 0, we have (e — φ)*k(1) = 0 immediately, and for any x ∈ Ker ε:
[1.17]
When x ∈ ℋn, this expression vanishes and then for k ≥ n + 1. The formal series then ends up with a finite number of terms for any x, which proves the result. □
COROLLARY 1.1.– Any connected filtered bialgebra ℋ is a filtered Hopf algebra. The antipode is defined by:
[1.18]
It is given by S(1) = 1 and recursively by any of the two formulae for x ∈ Ker ε:
PROOF.– The antipode, when it exists, is the inverse of the identity for the convolution product on
fulfilled by any x ∈ Kerε.
Let
From now on, we will suppose that the ground field k is of characteristic zero. For any x ∈ ℋn, the exponential:
[1.21]
is a finite sum (ending up at k = n). It is a bijection from
[1.22]
This sum again ends up at k = n for any x ∈ ℋn. Let us introduce a decreasing filtration on
[1.23]
Clearly,
For any
PROPOSITION 1.9.– We have the inclusion:
[1.25]
and moreover, the metric space endowed with the distance defined by [1.24] is complete.
PROOF.– Take any x ∈ ℋp+q − 1, and any
Recall that we denote by |x| the minimal n, such that x ∈ ℋn. Since |x1| + |x2| = |x| ≤ p + q — 1, either |x1| ≤ p – 1 or |x2| ≤ q — 1, so the expression vanishes. Now, if (ψn) is a Cauchy sequence in