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We develop a unified categorical framework for gauging both continuous and finite symmetries in arbitrary spacetime dimensions. Our construction applies to geometric categories i.e. categories internal to stacks. This generalizes the…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2026-01-26 Devon Stockall , Matthew Yu

Topological order of a topological phase of matter in two spacial dimensions is encoded by a unitary modular (tensor) category (UMC). A group symmetry of the topological phase induces a group symmetry of its corresponding UMC. Gauging is a…

Quantum Algebra · Mathematics 2017-04-25 Shawn X. Cui , César Galindo , Julia Yael Plavnik , Zhenghan Wang

We introduce and investigate new invariants on the pair of modules $M$ and $N$ over quantum affine algebras $U_q'(\mathfrak{g})$ by analyzing their associated R-matrices. From new invariants, we provide a criterion for a monoidal category…

Representation Theory · Mathematics 2020-09-30 Masaki Kashiwara , Myungho Kim , Se-jin Oh , Euiyong Park

We classify (multi)fusion 2-categories in terms of braided fusion categories and group cohomological data. This classification is homotopy coherent -- we provide an equivalence between the 3-groupoid of (multi)fusion 2-categories up to…

We develop a categorical approach to quivers and their modules. Naturally this leads to a notion of an action of a monoidal category on quivers. Using this, we construct for a large class of quivers rigid monoidal structures on their…

Quantum Algebra · Mathematics 2026-05-07 Gregor Schaumann

Geometric Invariant Theory gives a method for constructing quotients for group actions on algebraic varieties which in many cases appear as moduli spaces parametrizing isomorphism classes of geometric objects (vector bundles, polarized…

alg-geom · Mathematics 2008-02-03 Igor V. Dolgachev , Yi Hu

Building on structure observed in equivariant homotopy theory, we define an equivariant generalization of a symmetric monoidal category: a $G$-symmetric monoidal category. These record not only the symmetric monoidal products but also…

Algebraic Topology · Mathematics 2016-10-12 Michael A. Hill , Michael J. Hopkins

Gauge theories with finite gauge groups have applications to quantum simulation and quantum gravity. Recently, the exact number of gauge-invariant states was computed for pure gauge theories on arbitrary lattices. In this work, we…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-11-20 Alessandro Mariani

The feasibility of a classification-by-rank program for modular categories follows from the Rank-Finiteness Theorem. We develop arithmetic, representation theoretic and algebraic methods for classifying modular categories by rank. As an…

Quantum Algebra · Mathematics 2016-03-23 Paul Bruillard , Siu-Hung Ng , Eric C. Rowell , Zhenghan Wang

For any finite group G with a finite G-set X and a modular tensor category C we construct a part of the algebraic structure of an associated G-equivariant monoidal category: For any group element g in G we exhibit the module category…

Quantum Algebra · Mathematics 2010-06-22 Till Barmeier

A braided fusion category is said to have Property $\textbf{F}$ if the associated braid group representations factor over a finite group. We verify integral metaplectic modular categories have property $\textbf{F}$ by showing these…

This paper discusses to what extent the census of multiplicity-free fusion categories up to rank 7, proposed by the software package Anyonica and the anyonwiki website, can be regarded as a proper classification. The questions of…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2025-07-23 Gert Vercleyen

In this paper, we extend the notion of modular functor and fusion category to what we called $G$ equivariant modular functor and $G$ equivariant fusion category, where $G$ is a finite group, and establish a correspondence between between…

Quantum Algebra · Mathematics 2008-07-08 Alexander Kirillov , Tanvir Prince

Univalent categories constitute a well-behaved and useful notion of category in univalent foundations. The notion of univalence has subsequently been generalized to bicategories and other structures in (higher) category theory. Here, we…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2023-08-17 Kobe Wullaert , Ralph Matthes , Benedikt Ahrens

Category theory unifies mathematical concepts, aiding comparisons across structures by incorporating objects and morphisms, which capture their interactions. It has influenced areas of computer science such as automata theory, functional…

Category Theory · Mathematics 2024-02-09 Nima Rasekh , Niels van der Weide , Benedikt Ahrens , Paige Randall North

Rigid monoidal 1-categories are ubiquitous throughout quantum algebra and low-dimensional topology. We study a generalization of this notion, namely rigid algebras in an arbitrary monoidal 2-category. Examples of rigid algebras include…

Quantum Algebra · Mathematics 2023-06-16 Thibault D. Décoppet

It is proved that MacLane's coherence results for monoidal and symmetric monoidal categories can be extended to some other categories with multiplication; namely, to relevant, affine and cartesian categories. All results are formulated in…

Category Theory · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Z. Petric

Given a crossed module $\chi$, we introduce $\chi$-graded monoidal categories and $\chi$-fusion categories. We use spherical $\chi$-fusion categories to construct (via the state sum method) 3-dimensional Homotopy Quantum Field Theories with…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2023-05-30 Kursat Sozer , Alexis Virelizier

Recently the algebraic structure of gauge-invariant operators in multi-matrix quantum mechanics has been clarified: this space forms a module over a freely generated ring. The ring is generated by a set of primary invariants, while the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-12-19 Robert de Mello Koch , Minkyoo Kim , Hendrik J. R. Van Zyl

We construct a category equivalent to the category $\mathbf{Mon}$ of monoids and monoid homomorphisms, based on categories with strict factorization systems. This equivalence is then extended to the category $\mathbf{Mon_s}$ of unital…

Category Theory · Mathematics 2025-10-31 Xavier Mary
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