Computing associators of endomorphism fusion categories
Daniel Barter, Jacob C. Bridgeman, Ramona Wolf
SciPost Phys. 13, 029 (2022) · published 19 August 2022
- doi: 10.21468/SciPostPhys.13.2.029
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Abstract
Many applications of fusion categories, particularly in physics, require the associators or $F$-symbols to be known explicitly. Finding these matrices typically involves solving vast systems of coupled polynomial equations in large numbers of variables. In this work, we present an algorithm that allows associator data for some category with unknown associator to be computed from a Morita equivalent category with known data. Given a module category over the latter, we utilize the representation theory of a module tube category, built from the known data, to compute this unknown associator data. When the input category is unitary, we discuss how to ensure the obtained data is also unitary. We provide several worked examples to illustrate this algorithm. In addition, we include several Mathematica files showing how the algorithm can be used to compute the data for the Haagerup category $\mathcal{H}_1$, whose data was previously unknown.
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Authors / Affiliations: mappings to Contributors and Organizations
See all Organizations.- 1 Daniel Barter,
- 2 Jacob Bridgeman,
- 3 Ramona Wolf
- 1 Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory [LBNL]
- 2 Perimeter Institute [PI]
- 3 Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich / Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich (ETH) [ETH Zurich]