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On braided fusion categories I

Quantum Algebra 2010-02-25 v3 Representation Theory

Abstract

This work is a detailed version of arXiv:0704.0195 [math.QA]. We introduce a new notion of the core of a braided fusion category. It allows to separate the part of a braided fusion category that does not come from finite groups. We also give a comprehensive and self-contained exposition of the known results on braided fusion categories without assuming them pre-modular or non-degenerate. The guiding heuristic principle of our work is an analogy between braided fusion categories and Casimir Lie algebras.

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@article{arxiv.0906.0620,
  title  = {On braided fusion categories I},
  author = {Vladimir Drinfeld and Shlomo Gelaki and Dmitri Nikshych and Victor Ostrik},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0906.0620},
  year   = {2010}
}

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102 pages, LaTeX, typos corrected

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