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M-traces in (non-unimodular) pivotal categories

Representation Theory 2021-03-10 v2 Category Theory Quantum Algebra

Abstract

We generalize the notion of a modified trace (or m-trace) to the setting of non-unimodular categories. M-traces are known to play an important role in low-dimensional topology and representation theory, as well as in studying the category itself. Under mild conditions we give existence and uniqueness results for m-traces in pivotal categories.

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@article{arxiv.1809.00499,
  title  = {M-traces in (non-unimodular) pivotal categories},
  author = {Nathan Geer and Jonathan Kujawa and Bertrand Patureau-Mirand},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1809.00499},
  year   = {2021}
}

Comments

15 pages. In the revised version several arguments are corrected, references are updated. To appear in Algebra and Representation Theory