Generalized 2-vector spaces and general linear 2-groups

Abstract: In this paper a notion of {it generalized 2-vector space} is introduced which includes Kapranov and Voevodsky 2-vector spaces. Various kinds of generalized 2-vector spaces are considered and examples are given. The existence of non free generalized 2-vector spaces and of generalized 2-vector spaces which are non Karoubian (hence, non abelian) categories is discussed, and it is shown how any generalized 2-vector space can be identified with a full subcategory of an (abelian) functor category with values in the category

of (possibly infinite dimensional) vector spaces. The corresponding general linear 2-groups

are considered. Specifically, it is shown that

always contains as a (non full) sub-2-group the 2-group

{s f E q u i v}_{C a t} (m a t h c a l C)

(hence, for finite categories

m a t h c a l C

, they contain {sl Weyl sub-2-groups} analogous to usual Weyl subgroups of the general linear groups), and

is explicitly computed (up to equivalence) in a special case of generalized 2-vector spaces which include those of Kapranov and Voevodsky. Finally, other important drawbacks of the notion of generalized 2-vector space, besides the fact that it is in general a non Karoubian category, are also mentioned at the end of the paper.

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