In this paper we prove an analogue of Brauer's theorem for faithful objects in fusion categories. Other notions, such as the order and the index associated to faithful objects of fusion categories are also discussed. We show that the index of a faithful simple object of a fusion categories coincides with the order of the universal grading group of the fusion category.
This paper clarifies basic definitions in the universal construction of topological theories and monoidal categories. The definition of the universal construction is given for various types of monoidal categories, including rigid and symmetric. It is also explained how to set up the universal construction for non-monoidal categories. The second part of the paper explains how to associate a rigid symmetric monoidal category to a small category, a sort of the Brauer envelope of a category. The universal construction for the Brauer envelopes generalizes some earlier work of the first two authors …
We introduce the periplectic $q$-Brauer category over an integral domain of characteristic not $2$. This is a strict monoidal supercategory and can be considered as a $q$-analogue of the periplectic Brauer category. We prove that the periplectic $q$-Brauer category admits a split triangular decomposition in the sense of Brundan-Stroppel. When the ground ring is an algebraically closed field, the category of locally finite dimensional right modules for the periplectic $q$-Brauer category is an upper finite fully stratified category in the sense of Brundan and Stroppel. We prove that periplectic…
We show how to calculate the relative tensor product of bimodule categories (not necessarily invertible) using ladder string diagrams. As an illustrative example, we compute the Brauer-Picard ring for the fusion category $\operatorname{Vec}(\mathbb{Z}/p\mathbb{Z})$. Moreover, we provide a physical interpretation of all indecomposable bimodule categories in terms of domain walls in the associated topological phase. We show how this interpretation can be used to compute the Brauer-Picard ring from a physical perspective.
The goal of this paper is to classify fusion categories $\otimes$-generated by a $K$-normal object (defined in this paper) of Frobenius-Perron dimension less than 2. This classification has recently become accessible due to a result of Morrison and Snyder, showing that any such category must be a cyclic extension of a category of adjoint $ADE$ type. Our main tools in this classification are the results of Etingof, Ostrik, and Nikshych, classifying cyclic extensions of a given category in terms of data computed from the Brauer-Picard group, and Drinfeld centre of that category, and the results …
To every object $X$ of a symmetric tensor category over a field of characteristic $p>0$ we attach $p$-adic integers $\text{Dim}_+(X)$ and $\text{Dim}_-(X)$ whose reduction modulo $p$ is the categorical dimension $\text{dim}(X)$ of $X$, coinciding with the usual dimension when $X$ is a vector space. We study properties of $\text{Dim}_{\pm}(X)$, and in particular show that they don't always coincide with each other, and can take any value in $\mathbb{Z}_p$. We also discuss the connection of $p$-adic dimensions with the theory of $λ$-rings and Brauer characters.
We first prove an analogue of Lagrange theorem for global dimensions of fusion categories, then we give a complete classifications of pre-modular fusion categories of integer global dimensions less than or equal to $10$.
In this note, we describe two analogues of the Verlinde formula for modular categories in a twisted setting. The classical Verlinde formula for a modular category $\mathscr{C}$ describes the fusion coefficients of $\mathscr{C}$ in terms of the corresponding S-matrix $S(\mathscr{C})$. Now let us suppose that we also have an invertible $\mathscr{C}$-module category $\mathscr{M}$ equipped with a $\mathscr{C}$-module trace. This gives rise to a modular autoequivalence $F:\mathscr{C}\xrightarrow{\cong}\mathscr{C}$. In this setting, we can define a crossed S-matrix $S(\mathscr{C},\mathscr{M})$. As o…
