A quantum algebra over a field is defined as a triple
where is a Yang-Baxter algebra over the field and
is an algebra isomorphism, subject to the following two axioms:
(QA.1)
(QA.2)
Note also that(QA.1) and(QA.2) imply(QA.3):
(QA.3)
.
Remark Quasitriangular Hopf algebras are a basic source of quantum algebras.