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(Co)ends for representations of tensor categories

Quantum Algebra 2021-02-23 v2 Category Theory

Abstract

We generalize the notion of ends and coends in category theory to the realm of module categories over finite tensor categories. We call this new concept "module (co)end". This tool allows us to give different proofs to several known results in the theory of representations of finite tensor categories. As a new application, we present a description of the relative Serre functor for module categories in terms of a module coend, in a analogous way as a Morita invariant description of the Nakayama functor of abelian categories presented in [J. Fuchs, G. Schaumann and C. Schweigert, Eilenberg-Watts calculus for finite categories and a bimodule Radford S^4 theorem, Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 373 (2020), 1-40]

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@article{arxiv.2010.12425,
  title  = {(Co)ends for representations of tensor categories},
  author = {Noelia Bortolussi and Martín Mombelli},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2010.12425},
  year   = {2021}
}

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41 pages

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