Exact factorizations and extensions of fusion categories

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Abstract: We introduce and study the new notion of an {em exact factorization} of a fusion category mathcalB into a product of two fusion subcategories mathcalA,mathcalCsubseteqmathcalB of mathcalB. This is a categorical generalization of the well known notion of an exact factorization of a finite group into a product of two subgroups. We then relate exact factorizations of fusion categories to exact sequences of fusion categories with respect to an indecomposable module category, which was introduced and studied by P. Etingof and the author in cite{EG}. We also apply our results to study extensions of a group-theoretical fusion category by another one, provide some examples, and propose a few natural questions.


Recall that a finite group \(G\) has an exact factorization \(G=G_1G_2\) of two subgroups \(G_1,G_2\) if \(G_1\cap G_1=\{1\}\) and \(|G|=|G_1||G_2|\). Equivalently, \(G=G_1G_2\) is an exact factorization if every element \(g\in G\) can be uniquely written in the form \(g=g_1g_2\) for \(g_1\in G_1,\; g_2\in G_2.\) This paper gave a nice analogue to fusion categories. Precisely, the author introduced and studied the new notion of an exact factorization \(\mathfrak{B}=\mathfrak{A}\bullet\mathfrak{C} \)of a fusion category \(\mathfrak{B}\) into a product of two fusion subcategories \(\mathfrak{A}, \mathfrak{C} \). The author proved that \(\mathfrak{B}=\mathfrak{A}\bullet\mathfrak{C} \) if and only if every simple object of \(\mathfrak{B}\) can be uniquely expressed in the form \(X\otimes Y\) where \(X,Y\) are simple objects of \(\mathfrak{A},\mathfrak{C}\) respectively. This is a very beautiful analogue. Moreover, the author also apply this new notion to study exact sequence of fusion categories which were developed by A. Bruguieres, S. Natale, P. Etingof and the author etc.











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