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Some fast-growing tensor categories

2023/05/29 by Andrew Snowden, Snowden, Andrew
Mathematics · #Advanced Operator Algebra Research #Algebraic structures and combinatorial models #Category Theory (math.CT) #FOS: Mathematics #Finite Group Theory Research #Representation Theory (math.RT)

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2305.18230

openalex publication_date 2023/05/29 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

Abstract

Given a semi-simple pre-Tannakian category over a finite field, we show that (a slight modification of) its linearization over a field of characteristic 0 is also semi-simple and pre-Tannakian. The key input is a result of Kuhn on the generic representation theory of finite fields. The resulting pre-Tannakian categories have substantially faster growth than previously known examples.

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