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Sonia Natale

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arXiv2024

On the finite generation of the cohomology of abelian extensions of Hopf algebras

A finite-dimensional Hopf algebra is called quasi-split if it is Morita equivalent to a split abelian extension of Hopf algebras. Combining results of Schauenburg and Negron, it is shown that every quasi-split finite-dimensional Hopf algebra satisfies the finite generation cohomology conjecture of Etingof and Ostrik. This is applied to a family of pointed Hopf algebras in odd characteristic introduced by Angiono, Heckenberger and the first author, proving that they satisfy the aforementioned conjecture.

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arXiv2023

A class of finite-by-cocommutative Hopf algebras

We present a rich source of Hopf algebras starting from a cofinite central extension of a Noetherian Hopf algebra and a subgroup of the algebraic group of characters of the central Hopf subalgebra. The construction is transparent from a Tannakian perspective. We determine when the new Hopf algebras are co-Frobenius, or cosemisimple, or Noetherian, or regular, or have finite Gelfand-Kirillov dimension.

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arXiv2020

On the notion of exact sequence: from Hopf algebras to tensor categories

We present an overview of the notions of exact sequences of Hopf algebras and tensor categories and their connections. We also present some examples illustrating their main features; these include simple fusion categories and a natural question regarding composition series of finite tensor categories.

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arXiv2019

A class of prime fusion categories of dimension $2^N$

We study a class of strictly weakly integral fusion categories $\mathfrak{I}_{N, ζ}$, where $N \geq 1$ is a natural number and $ζ$ is a $2^N$th root of unity, that we call $N$-Ising fusion categories. An $N$-Ising fusion category has Frobenius-Perron dimension $2^{N+1}$ and is a graded extension of a pointed fusion category of rank 2 by the cyclic group of order $\mathbb Z_{2^N}$. We show that every braided $N$-Ising fusion category is prime and also that there exists a slightly degenerate $N$-Ising braided fusion category for all $N > 2$. We also prove a structure result for braided extensions of a rank 2 pointed fusion category in terms of braided $N$-Ising fusion categories.

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arXiv2019

Fusion rules of equivariantizations of fusion categories

We determine the fusion rules of the equivariantization of a fusion category $\mathcal{C}$ under the action of a finite group $G$ in terms of the fusion rules of $\mathcal{C}$ and group-theoretical data associated to the group action. As an application we obtain a formula for the fusion rules in an equivariantization of a pointed fusion category in terms of group-theoretical data. This entails a description of the fusion rules in any braided group-theoretical fusion category.

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arXiv2018

Extensions of tensor categories by finite group fusion categories

We study exact sequences of finite tensor categories of the form $\Rep G \to \C \to \D$, where $G$ is a finite group. We show that, under suitable assumptions, there exists a group $Γ$ and mutual actions by permutations $\rhd: Γ\times G \to G$ and $\lhd: Γ\times G \to Γ$ that make $(G, Γ)$ into matched pair of groups endowed with a natural crossed action on $\D$ such that $\C$ is equivalent to a certain associated crossed extension $\D^{(G, Γ)}$ of $\D$. Dually, we show that an exact sequence of finite tensor categories $\vect_G \to \C \to \D$ induces an $\Aut(G)$-grading on $\C$ whose neutral homogeneous component is a $(Z(G), Γ)$-crossed extension of a tensor subcategory of $\D$. As an application we prove that such extensions $\C$ of $\D$ are weakly group-theoretical fusion categories if and only if $\D$ is a weakly group-theoretical fusion category. In particular, we conclude that every semisolvable semisimple Hopf algebra is weakly group-theoretical.

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arXiv2017

On the classification of almost square-free modular categories

Let $C$ be a modular category of Frobenius-Perron dimension $dq^n$, where $q$ is a prime number and $d$ is a square-free integer. We show that if $q>2$ then $C$ is integral and nilpotent. In particular, $C$ is group-theoretical. In the general case, we describe the structure of $C$ in terms of equivariantizations of group-crossed braided fusion categories.

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arXiv2017

Cocycle deformations and Galois objects for semisimple Hopf algebras of dimension $p^3$ and $pq^2$

Let $p$ and $q$ be distinct prime numbers. We study the Galois objects and cocycle deformations of the noncommutative, noncocommutative, semisimple Hopf algebras of odd dimension $p^3$ and of dimension $pq^2$. We obtain that the $p+1$ non-isomorphic self-dual semisimple Hopf algebras of dimension $p^3$ classified by Masuoka have no non-trivial cocycle deformations, extending his previous results for the 8-dimensional Kac-Paljutkin Hopf algebra. This is done as a consequence of the classification of categorical Morita equivalence classes among semisimple Hopf algebras of odd dimension $p^3$, established by the third-named author in an appendix.

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arXiv2017

The core of a weakly group-theoretical braided fusion category

We show that the core of a weakly group-theoretical braided fusion category $\C$ is equivalent as a braided fusion category to a tensor product $\B \boxtimes \D$, where $\D$ is a pointed weakly anisotropic braided fusion category, and $\B \cong \vect$ or $\B$ is an Ising braided category. In particular, if $\C$ is integral, then its core is a pointed weakly anisotropic braided fusion category. As an application we give a characterization of the solvability of a weakly group-theoretical braided fusion category. We also prove that an integral modular category all of whose simple objects have Frobenius-Perron dimension at most 2 is necessarily group-theoretical.

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arXiv2015

On fusion rules and solvability of a fusion category

We address the question whether the condition on a fusion category being solvable or not is determined by its fusion rules. We prove that the answer is affirmative for some families of non-solvable examples arising from representations of semisimple Hopf algebras associated to exact factorizations of the symmetric and alternating groups. In the context of spherical fusion categories, we also consider the invariant provided by the $S$-matrix of the Drinfeld center and show that this invariant does determine the solvability of a fusion category provided it is group-theoretical.

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arXiv2014

Graphs attached to simple Frobenius-Perron dimensions of an integral fusion category

Let C be an integral fusion category. We study some graphs, called the prime graph and the common divisor graph, related to the Frobenius-Perron dimensions of simple objects in the category C, that extend the corresponding graphs associated to the irreducible character degrees and the conjugacy class sizes of a finite group. We describe these graphs in several cases, among others, when C is an equivariantization under the action of a finite group, a 2-step nilpotent fusion category, and the representation category of a twisted quantum double. We prove generalizations of known results on the number of connected components of the corresponding graphs for finite groups in the context of braided fusion categories. In particular, we show that if C is any integral non-degenerate braided fusion category, then the prime graph of C has at most 3 connected components, and it has at most 2 connected components if C is in addition solvable. As an application we prove a classification result for weakly integral braided fusion categories all of whose simple objects have prime power Frobenius-Perron dimension.

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arXiv2014

Frobenius property for fusion categories of small integral dimension

Let k be an algebraically closed field of characteristic zero. In this paper we prove that fusion categories of Frobenius-Perron dimensions 84 and 90 are of Frobenius type. Combining this with previous results in the literature, we obtain that every weakly integral fusion category of Frobenius-Perron dimension less than 120 is of Frobenius type.

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arXiv2014

Jordan-Hölder theorem for finite dimensional Hopf algebras

We show that a Jordan-Hölder theorem holds for appropriately defined composition series of finite dimensional Hopf algebras. This answers an open question of N. Andruskiewitsch. In the course of our proof we establish analogues of the Noether isomorphism theorems of group theory for arbitrary Hopf algebras under certain faithful (co)flatness assumptions. As an application, we prove an analogue of Zassenhaus' butterfly lemma for finite dimensional Hopf algebras. We then use these results to show that a Jordan-Hölder theorem holds as well for lower and upper composition series, even though the factors of such series may be not simple as Hopf algebras.

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arXiv2014

Module categories over equivariantized tensor categories

For a finite tensor category $\mathcal C$ and a Hopf monad $T:\mathcal C\to \mathcal C$ satisfying certain conditions we describe exact indecomposable left $\mathcal C^T$-module categories in terms of left $\mathcal C$-module categories and some extra data. We also give a 2-categorical interpretation of the process of equivariantization of module categories.

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arXiv2014

Crossed actions of matched pairs of groups on tensor categories

We introduce the notion of $(G, Γ)$-crossed action on a tensor category, where $(G, Γ)$ is a matched pair of finite groups. A tensor category is called a $(G, Γ)$-crossed tensor category if it is endowed with a $(G, Γ)$-crossed action. We show that every $(G, Γ)$-crossed tensor category $\mathcal C$ gives rise to a tensor category $\mathcal C^{(G, Γ)}$ that fits into an exact sequence of tensor categories $\operatorname{Rep G} \to \mathcal C^{(G, Γ)} \to \mathcal C$. We also define the notion of a $(G, Γ)$-braiding in a $(G, Γ)$-crossed tensor category, which is connected with certain set-theoretical solutions of the QYBE. This extends the notion of $G$-crossed braided tensor category due to Turaev. We show that if $\mathcal C$ is a $(G, Γ)$-crossed tensor category equipped with a $(G, Γ)$-braiding, then the tensor category $\mathcal C^{(G, Γ)}$ is a braided tensor category in a canonical way.

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arXiv2013

Classification of integral modular categories of Frobenius-Perron dimension pq^4 and p^2q^2

We classify integral modular categories of dimension pq^4 and p^2q^2 where p and q are distinct primes. We show that such categories are always group-theoretical except for categories of dimension 4q^2. In these cases there are well-known examples of non-group-theoretical categories, coming from centers of Tambara-Yamagami categories and quantum groups. We show that a non-group-theoretical integral modular category of dimension 4q^2 is equivalent to either one of these well-known examples or is of dimension 36 and is twist-equivalent to fusion categories arising from a certain quantum group.

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