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Frobenius algebras and homotopy fixed points of group actions on bicategories

Quantum Algebra 2017-07-26 v2 Category Theory

Abstract

We explicitly show that symmetric Frobenius structures on a finite-dimensional, semi-simple algebra stand in bijection to homotopy fixed points of the trivial SO(2)-action on the bicategory of finite-dimensional, semi-simple algebras, bimodules and intertwiners. The results are motivated by the 2-dimensional Cobordism Hypothesis for oriented manifolds, and can hence be interpreted in the realm of Topological Quantum Field Theory.

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@article{arxiv.1607.05148,
  title  = {Frobenius algebras and homotopy fixed points of group actions on bicategories},
  author = {Jan Hesse and Christoph Schweigert and Alessandro Valentino},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1607.05148},
  year   = {2017}
}

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19 pages, published in TAC