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Modular tensor categories, subcategories, and Galois orbits

Quantum Algebra 2021-11-10 v1

Abstract

We establish a set of general results to study how the Galois action on modular tensor categories interacts with fusion subcategories. This includes a characterization of fusion subcategories of modular tensor categories which are closed under the Galois action, and a classifcation of modular tensor categories which factor as a product of pointed and transitive categories in terms of pseudoinvertible objects. As an application, we classify modular tensor categories with two Galois orbits of simple objects and a nontrivial grading group.

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@article{arxiv.2111.05228,
  title  = {Modular tensor categories, subcategories, and Galois orbits},
  author = {Julia Plavnik and Andrew Schopieray and Zhiqiang Yu and Qing Zhang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2111.05228},
  year   = {2021}
}

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20 pages; comments welcome

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