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On endomorphism algebras of separable monoidal functors

Category Theory 2010-03-03 v1 Quantum Algebra

Abstract

We show that the (co)endomorphism algebra of a sufficiently separable "fibre" functor into Vect_k, for k a field of characteristic 0, has the structure of what we call a "unital" von Neumann core in Vect_k. For Vect_k, this particular notion of algebra is weaker than that of a Hopf algebra, although the corresponding concept in Set is again that of a group.

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@article{arxiv.0712.1864,
  title  = {On endomorphism algebras of separable monoidal functors},
  author = {Brian Day and Craig Pastro},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0712.1864},
  year   = {2010}
}

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17 pages

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