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Discrete pre-Tannakian categories

Representation Theory 2023-04-12 v1

Abstract

Pre-Tannakian categories are a natural class of tensor categories that can be viewed as generalizations of algebraic groups. We define a pre-Tannkian category to be discrete if it is generated by an \'etale commutative algebra; these categories generalize finite groups. The main theorem of this paper establishes a rough classification of these categories: we show that any discrete pre-Tannakian C\mathcal{C} category is associated to an oligomorphic group GG, via a construction we recently introduced. In certain cases, such as when C\mathcal{C} has enough projectives, we completely describe C\mathcal{C} in terms of GG.

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@article{arxiv.2304.05375,
  title  = {Discrete pre-Tannakian categories},
  author = {Nate Harman and Andrew Snowden},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2304.05375},
  year   = {2023}
}

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29 pages

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