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Axioms 2012, 1, 259-290; doi:10.3390/axioms1030259 OPEN ACCESS axioms ISSN 2075-1680 /journal/axioms Article The Sum of a Finite Group of Weights of a Hopf Algebra Apoorva Khare Department of Mathematics and Department of Statistics, Stanford University, 390 Serra Mall, Stanford, CA 94305, USA; E-Mail: khare@; Tel.: +1-650-723-2957; Fax: +1-650-725-8977 Received: 2 July 2012; in revised form: 17 September 2012 / Accepted: 17 September 2012 / Published: 5 October 2012 Abstract: Motivated by the orthogonality relations for irreducible characters of a finite group, we evaluate the sum of a finite group of linear characters of a Hopf algebra, at all grouplike and skew-primitive elements. We then discuss results for products of skew-primitive elements. Examples include groups, (quantum groups over) Lie algebras, the small quantum groups of Lusztig, and their variations (by Andruskiewitsch and Schneider). Keywords: Hopf algebra; weights; grouplike; skew-primitive Classification: MSC 16W30 (primary), 17B10 (secondary) 1. Introduction 1.1. Motivation Suppose is a finite group, with irreducible characters , over . As is well known, they satisfy the orthogonality relations. Here is a consequence: if one defines , then for . Similarly, the other orthogonality relation (for columns) implies that is either zero or a factor of , depending on