Let $G$ be a finite group and let $\mathcal{A} = \mathbb{C} G$ be the group Hopf algebra.
The comultiplication on $\mathcal{A}$ is well-known to be given by $\Delta(g) = g \otimes g$.
For $G=S_3$, the algebra structure of $\mathcal{A}$ is $\mathbb{C} \oplus \mathbb{C} \oplus M_2(\mathbb{C})$.
Let $\{ e_1,e_2,a_{11}, a_{12}, a_{21}, a_{22} \}$ be a matrix basis of $\mathcal{A}$.
Question: What are the formulas for the comultiplication computed on a matrix basis?
These formulas can be computed by using the irreducible representations of $G$, but there is certainly a reference in which this computation is already done.
I would also be interested by generic formulas for every finite group $G$.
The first component of $\mathcal{A}$ corresponds to the trivial representation, the second component, to the sign representation, and the third, to the standard representation (see here).
By choosing a specific matrix basis, we obtain:
identity $\to$ $(1) \oplus (1) \oplus \begin{pmatrix} 1& 0 \newline 0& 1 \end{pmatrix}$, $(123)\to$ $(1) \oplus (1) \oplus \begin{pmatrix} z& 0 \newline 0& \bar{z} \end{pmatrix}$,
$(132)\to$ $(1) \oplus (1) \oplus \begin{pmatrix} \bar{z}& 0 \newline 0& z \end{pmatrix}$, $(12) \to$ $(1) \oplus (-1) \oplus \begin{pmatrix} 0& 1 \newline 1& 0 \end{pmatrix}$,
$(23)\to$ $ (1) \oplus (-1) \oplus \begin{pmatrix} 0& \bar{z} \newline z& 0 \end{pmatrix}$, $(13)\to$ $ (1) \oplus (-1) \oplus \begin{pmatrix} 0& z \newline \bar{z}& 0 \end{pmatrix}$
with $z= \zeta_3 = e^{2i\pi/3}$
Now by using the following SageMath computation:
we obtain the following formulas for the comultiplication $\Delta$:
$ \Delta(e_{1})=e_{1} \otimes e_{1} + e_{2} \otimes e_{2} + \frac{1}{2}a_{11} \otimes a_{22} + \frac{1}{2}a_{12} \otimes a_{21} + \frac{1}{2}a_{21} \otimes a_{12} + \frac{1}{2}a_{22} \otimes a_{11}$ $\Delta(e_{2})=e_{1} \otimes e_{2} + e_{2} \otimes e_{1} + \frac{1}{2}a_{11} \otimes a_{22} - \frac{1}{2}a_{12} \otimes a_{21} - \frac{1}{2}a_{21} \otimes a_{12} + \frac{1}{2}a_{22} \otimes a_{11}$ $\Delta(a_{11})=e_{1} \otimes a_{11} + e_{2} \otimes a_{11} + a_{11} \otimes e_{1} + a_{11} \otimes e_{2} + a_{22} \otimes a_{22}$
$\Delta(a_{12})= e_{1} \otimes a_{12} - e_{2} \otimes a_{12} + a_{12} \otimes e_{1} - a_{12} \otimes e_{2} + a_{21} \otimes a_{21}$
$\Delta(a_{21})= e_{1} \otimes a_{21} - e_{2} \otimes a_{21} + a_{12} \otimes a_{12} + a_{21} \otimes e_{1} - a_{21} \otimes e_{2}$
$\Delta(a_{22})=e_{1} \otimes a_{22} + e_{2} \otimes a_{22} + a_{11} \otimes a_{11} + a_{22} \otimes e_{1} + a_{22} \otimes e_{2}$