Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2008 iii Paper 8 5 ii Solution Created 2026-10-03 Updated 2026-10-14
Take the group algebra withon its group basis, extended linearly. Multiplication of group basis elements makes algebra homomorphisms, and verifies the antipode identities. The coproduct is fixed by the tensor flip on every basis element, so this is a cocommutative Hopf algebra. But and are distinct basis elements, proving noncommutativity. Thus .