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Twisted Graded Categories

Algebraic Topology 2025-12-10 v3 Category Theory

Abstract

Given a presentably symmetric monoidal \infty-category C\mathcal{C} and an E\mathbb{E}_{\infty}-monoid MM, we introduce and classify twisted graded categories, which generalize the Day convolution structure on Fun(M,C)\mathrm{Fun}(M, \mathcal{C}). These are characterized by a braiding encoded in symmetric group actions on tensor powers, whose character we show depends only on the T\mathbb{T}-equivariant monoidal dimension. We analyze the T\mathbb{T}-action on the dimension of invertible objects and identify it with the T\mathbb{T}-transfer map. Finally, we compute braiding characters in examples arising from higher cyclotomic extensions, such as the (S,n+1)(\mathbb{S}, n+1)-oriented extension of ModEn\mathrm{Mod}_{En}^{\wedge} at all primes and heights, and of the cyclotomic closure of Vectn\mathrm{Vect}^n at low heights.

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@article{arxiv.2506.11240,
  title  = {Twisted Graded Categories},
  author = {Shai Keidar and Shaul Ragimov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2506.11240},
  year   = {2025}
}

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Added a subsection on "homotopy graded categories". Typos and small mistakes fixed. 82 pages, Comments are welcome!

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