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Classification of spherical fusion categories of Frobenius-Schur exponent 2

Quantum Algebra 2020-11-30 v1

Abstract

In this paper, we propose a new approach towards the classification of spherical fusion categories by their Frobenius-Schur exponents. We classify spherical fusion categories of Frobenius-Schur exponent 2 up to monoidal equivalence. We also classify modular categories of Frobenius-Schur exponent 2 up to braided monoidal equivalence. It turns out that the Gauss sum is a complete invariant for modular categories of Frobenius-Schur exponent 2. This result can be viewed as a categorical analog of Arf's theorem on the classification of non-degenerate quadratic forms over fields of characteristic 2.

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@article{arxiv.1811.02004,
  title  = {Classification of spherical fusion categories of Frobenius-Schur exponent 2},
  author = {Zheyan Wan and Yilong Wang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1811.02004},
  year   = {2020}
}

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