Extended Rota-Baxter algebras, diagonally colored Delannoy paths and Hopf algebras

Abstract: The Rota-Baxter operator and the modified Rota-Baxter operator on various algebras are both important in mathematics and mathematical physics. The former is originated from the integration-by-parts formula and probability with applications to the renormalization of quantum field theory and the classical Yang-Baxter equation. The latter originated from Hilbert transformations with applications to ergodic theory and the modified Yang-Baxter equation. Their merged form, called the extended Rota-Baxter operators, has also found interesting applications recently. This paper presents a systematic study of the extended Rota-Baxter operator. We show that while extended Rota-Baxter operators have properties similar to Rota-Baxter operators; they provide a linear structure that unifies Rota-Baxter operators and modified Rota-Baxter operators. Examples of extended Rota-Baxter operators are also given, especially from polynomials and Laurent series due to their importance in ($q$-)integration and the renormalization in quantum field theory. We then construct free commutative extended Rota-Baxter operators by a generalization of the quasi-shuffle product. The multiplication of the initial object in the category of commutative extended Rota-Baxter operators allows a combinatorial interpretation in terms of a color-enrichment of Delannoy paths. Applying its universal property, we equip a free commutative extended Rota-Baxter operators with a coproduct which has a cocycle condition, yielding a bialgebraic structure. We then show that this bialgebra on a free extended Rota-Baxter operators possesses an increasing filtration and a connectedness property, culminating at a Hopf algebraic structure on a free commutative extended Rota-Baxter operator.