  Primitive cohomology of a Hopf algebra is defined by using a modification of
the cobar construction of the underlying coalgebra. Among many of its
applications, two classifications are presented. Firstly we classify all non
locally PI, pointed Hopf algebra domains of Gelfand-Kirillov dimension two; and
secondly we classify all pointed Hopf algebras of rank one. The first
classification extends some results of Brown, Goodearl and others in an ongoing
project to understand all Hopf algebras of low Gelfand-Kirillov dimension. The
second generalizes results of Krop-Radford and Wang-You-Chen which classified
Hopf algebras of rank one under extra hypothesis. Properties and algebraic
structures of the primitive cohomology are discussed.
