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Название: Infinite-Dimensional Representations of 2-Groups
Авторы: Baez J., Baratin A., Freidel L.
Аннотация:
A ‘2-group’ is a category equipped with a multiplication satisfying laws like those of a
group. Just as groups have representations on vector spaces, 2-groups have representations
on ‘2-vector spaces’, which are categories analogous to vector spaces. Unfortunately, Lie 2-
groups typically have few representations on the finite-dimensional 2-vector spaces introduced
by Kapranov and Voevodsky. For this reason, Crane, Sheppeard and Yetter introduced certain
infinite-dimensional 2-vector spaces called ‘measurable categories’ (since they are closely related
to measurable fields of Hilbert spaces), and used these to study infinite-dimensional representations of certain Lie 2-groups. Here we continue this work. We begin with a detailed study
of measurable categories. Then we give a geometrical description of the measurable representations, intertwiners and 2-intertwiners for any skeletal measurable 2-group. We study tensor
products and direct sums for representations, and various concepts of subrepresentation. We
describe direct sums of intertwiners, and sub-intertwiners—features not seen in ordinary group
representation theory. We study irreducible and indecomposable representations and intertwiners. We also study ‘irretractable’ representations—another feature not seen in ordinary group
representation theory. Finally, we argue that measurable categories equipped with some extra
structure deserve to be considered ‘separable 2-Hilbert spaces’, and compare this idea to a tentative definition of 2-Hilbert spaces as representation categories of commutative von Neumann
algebras.