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On dualizability and invertibility in the higher Morita category

Category Theory 2026-07-18 v1 Algebraic Topology Quantum Algebra

Abstract

We prove a conjecture of Lurie characterizing (n+1)(n+1)-dualizability in higher Morita categories of En\mathbb{E}_n-algebras in terms of dualizability over certain factorization homologies. A key ingredient is a higher Morita category based on the recently developed framework of pointless factorization algebras of Karlsson and the first author. We also verify an invertibility conjecture of Brochier--Jordan--Safranov--Snyder as an immediate corollary of our main result. Moreover, we prove a relative version of the dualizability conjecture, yielding a new criterion for relative/twisted field theories. We give some examples, including Dirichlet and Neumann relative theories.

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@article{arxiv.2607.16953,
  title  = {On dualizability and invertibility in the higher Morita category},
  author = {Claudia Scheimbauer and Pelle Steffens and William Stewart},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2607.16953},
  year   = {2026}
}

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