Traces on ideals in pivotal categories
Quantum Algebra
2012-03-22 v2 Geometric Topology
Abstract
We extend the notion of an ambidextrous trace on an ideal (developed by the first two authors) to the setting of a pivotal category. We show that under some conditions, these traces lead to invariants of colored spherical graphs (and so to modified 6j-symbols).
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@article{arxiv.1103.1660,
title = {Traces on ideals in pivotal categories},
author = {Nathan Geer and Bertrand Patureau-Mirand and Alexis Virelizier},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1103.1660},
year = {2012}
}