Representations of degree three for semisimple Hopf algebras

Let H be a cosemisimple Hopf algebra over an algebraically closed field. It is shown that if H has a simple subcoalgebra of dimension 9 and has no simple subcoalgebras of even dimension, then H contains either a grouplike element of order 2 or 3, or a family of simple subcoalgebras whose dimensions are the squares of each positive odd integer. In particular, if H is odd dimensional, then its dimension is divisible by 3. (C) 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.