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Braided commutative algebras over quantized enveloping algebras

Quantum Algebra 2023-05-04 v3 Rings and Algebras Representation Theory

Abstract

We produce braided commutative algebras in braided monoidal categories by generalizing Davydov's full center construction of commutative algebras in centers of monoidal categories. Namely, we build braided commutative algebras in relative monoidal centers ZB(C)\mathcal{Z}_{\mathcal{B}}(\mathcal{C}) from algebras in B\mathcal{B}-central monoidal categories C\mathcal{C}, where B\mathcal{B} is an arbitrary braided monoidal category; Davydov's (and previous works of others) take place in the special case when B\mathcal{B} is the category of vector spaces Vect\mathbf{Vect} over a field k\Bbbk. Since key examples of relative monoidal centers are suitable representation categories of quantized enveloping algebras, we supply braided commutative module algebras over such quantum groups. One application of our work is that we produce Morita invariants for algebras in B\mathcal{B}-central monoidal categories. Moreover, for a large class of B\mathcal{B}-central monoidal categories, our braided commutative algebras arise as a braided version of centralizer algebras. This generalizes the fact that centers of algebras in Vect\mathbf{Vect} serve as Morita invariants. Many examples are provided throughout.

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@article{arxiv.1901.08980,
  title  = {Braided commutative algebras over quantized enveloping algebras},
  author = {Robert Laugwitz and Chelsea Walton},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1901.08980},
  year   = {2023}
}

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v1: 30 pages + references. Comments welcomed! v2: submitted v3: To Appear in Transformation Groups

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