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Greedy fusion

Quantum Algebra 2026-07-14 v1 Commutative Algebra

Abstract

We demonstrate that certain sequences of integer formal codegrees, motivated by the greedy algorithm for unit fraction decompositions of 1, dictate the structure of fusion rings. In particular, no fusion ring that has formal codegrees 2, 3, and 7 is categorifiable.

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@article{arxiv.2607.13126,
  title  = {Greedy fusion},
  author = {Andrew Schopieray},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2607.13126},
  year   = {2026}
}

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8 pages