Continuous categories of endomorphisms associated with $G$-kernels
Operator Algebras
2026-05-19 v1 Mathematical Physics
Category Theory
Functional Analysis
math.MP
Quantum Algebra
Abstract
We generalize the construction of tensor categories of endomorphisms of a type III factor associated with a -kernel, from the case of a discrete group to that of a compact second countable group. Our approach is based on the construction of a unitary tensor functor from a category of -modules to the category of endomorphisms of . This functor maps a -module, realized as the space of square-integrable functions on a measure space, to a continuous family of endomorphisms of . The resulting structure is a continuous category of endomorphisms, which provides a new framework for studying the interplay between subfactor theory and the representation theory of continuous groups.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2605.17514,
title = {Continuous categories of endomorphisms associated with $G$-kernels},
author = {Marcel Bischoff and Pradyut Karmakar},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2605.17514},
year = {2026}
}
Comments
25 pages, 14 figures