Simple modules over finite quantum groups and their Drinfel'd doubles

Abstract: By finite quantum groups we mean Lusztig's finite-dimensional pointed Hopf algebras called quantum Frobenius Kernels [9, 10], and their natural generalizations due to Andruskiewitsch and Schneider [2, 3]. For a Hopf algebra $H$ in a special class of the latter generalizations, which arises from a pair of quantum linear spaces, Krop and Radford [8] described the simple modules over $H$ and over the Drinfel'd double $D(H)$, showing that they fall into a simple pattern of parametrization. We extend the description to a wider class of Hopf algebras which includes the quantum Frobenius Kernels, renewing the parametrization pattern so as to connect directly to the so-called triangular decomposition.