Finite-dimensional Frobenius algebra conjecture for multiplication-comultiplication axioms

Let AA be a finite-dimensional vector space equipped with an associative multiplication μ\mu and a coassociative comultiplication δ\delta. Suppose that AA, μ\mu, and δ\delta satisfy the equations given in string notation by equations (39) and (40).

Finite-dimensional Frobenius algebra conjecture. Then AA admits a unit for μ\mu and a counit for δ\delta, and is, in fact, a Frobenius algebra.

The equations are among the multiplication-comultiplication axioms of a Frobenius algebra, and the preceding discussion identifies the existence of a unit or counit as the remaining issue. The question is whether finite dimensionality forces these structures; the source presents this as an open question after unsuccessful attempts to find a counterexample.

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Gathoni Kamau-Devers, Gail Jardine and David Yetter, “A general state-sum construction of 2-dimensional topological quantum field theories with defects”, arXiv:1602.07999 (2016).

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