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Morita classes of algebras in modular tensor categories

Category Theory 2009-02-24 v2 High Energy Physics - Theory Quantum Algebra

Abstract

We consider algebras in a modular tensor category C. If the trace pairing of an algebra A in C is non-degenerate we associate to A a commutative algebra Z(A), called the full centre, in a doubled version of the category C. We prove that two simple algebras with non-degenerate trace pairing are Morita-equivalent if and only if their full centres are isomorphic as algebras. This result has an interesting interpretation in two-dimensional rational conformal field theory; it implies that there cannot be several incompatible sets of boundary conditions for a given bulk theory.

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@article{arxiv.0708.1897,
  title  = {Morita classes of algebras in modular tensor categories},
  author = {Liang Kong and Ingo Runkel},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0708.1897},
  year   = {2009}
}

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28 pages, several figures, version to appear in Adv. Math

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