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Drinfeld Centers and Morita Equivalence Classes of Fusion 2-Categories

Quantum Algebra 2025-06-18 v4 Category Theory

Abstract

We prove that the Drinfeld center of a fusion 2-category is invariant under Morita equivalence. We go on to show that the concept of Morita equivalence between connected fusion 2-categories recovers exactly the notion of Witt equivalence between braided fusion 1-categories. A strongly fusion 2-category is a fusion 2-category whose braided fusion 1-category of endomorphisms of the monoidal unit is Vect\mathbf{Vect} or SVect\mathbf{SVect}. We prove that every fusion 2-category is Morita equivalent to the 2-Deligne tensor product of a strongly fusion 2-category and an invertible fusion 2-category. We proceed to show that every fusion 2-category is Morita equivalent to a connected fusion 2-category. As a consequence, we find that every rigid algebra in a fusion 2-category is separable. This implies in particular that every fusion 2-category is separable. Conjecturally, separability ensures that a fusion 2-category is 4-dualizable. We define the dimension of a fusion 2-category, and prove that it is always non-zero. Finally, we show that the Drinfeld center of any fusion 2-category is a finite semisimple 2-category.

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@article{arxiv.2211.04917,
  title  = {Drinfeld Centers and Morita Equivalence Classes of Fusion 2-Categories},
  author = {Thibault D. Décoppet},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2211.04917},
  year   = {2025}
}

Comments

New lemma 4.2.3