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Eigenvalues of rotations and braids in spherical fusion categories

Quantum Algebra 2018-10-11 v2 Representation Theory

Abstract

We give formulae for the multiplicities of eigenvalues of generalized rotation operators in terms of generalized Frobenius-Schur indicators in a semisimple spherical tensor category C\mathcal{C}. In particular, this implies that the entire collection of rotation eigenvalues for a fusion category can be computed from the fusion rules and the traces of rotation at finitely many tensor powers. We also establish a rigidity property for FS indicators of fusion categories with a given fusion ring via Jones's theory of planar algebras. If C\mathcal{C} is also braided, these formulae yield the multiplicities of eigenvalues for a large class of braids in the associated braid group representations. When C\mathcal{C} is modular, this allows one to determine the eigenvalues and multiplicities of braids in terms of just the SS and TT matrices.

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@article{arxiv.1611.00071,
  title  = {Eigenvalues of rotations and braids in spherical fusion categories},
  author = {Daniel Barter and Corey Jones and Henry Tucker},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1611.00071},
  year   = {2018}
}

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20 pages, 14 figures. Updated version to appear in J. Algebra