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Third Cohomology and Fusion Categories

Category Theory 2018-06-05 v2

Abstract

It was observed recently that for a fixed finite group GG, the set of all Drinfeld centres of GG twisted by 3-cocycles form a group, the so-called group of modular extensions (of the representation category of GG), which is isomorphic to the third cohomology group of GG. We show that for an abelian GG, pointed twisted Drinfeld centres of GG form a subgroup of the group of modular extensions. We identify this subgroup with a group of quadratic extensions containing GG as a Lagrangian subgroup, the so-called group of Lagrangian extensions of GG. We compute the group of Lagrangian extensions, thereby providing an interpretation of the internal structure of the third cohomology group of an abelian GG in terms of fusion categories.

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@article{arxiv.1704.02401,
  title  = {Third Cohomology and Fusion Categories},
  author = {Alexei Davydov and Darren Simmons},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1704.02401},
  year   = {2018}
}
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