Groupoïdes quantiques

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There are categorical definitions for notions like `algebraic groupoid' or `Lie groupoid'. The paper under review gives a non-commutative analogue of such definitions. The main ingredients are Grothendieck's simplicial definition of small categories and a generalization of Cartier's twisted tensor product. Thus, a quantum category \(F\) is defined to be a cosimplicial algebra satisfying additional axioms which are phrased in terms of twisted tensor products. Intuitively, \(F[0]\) can be thought of as an algebra of functions, \(F[1]\) as an algebra of functions on arrows, etc. This notion covers \textit{S. Majid}'s braided groups [J. Pure Appl. Algebra 86, No. 2, 187-221 (1993; Zbl 0797.17004)] and an example by \textit{L. Vainerman} [C. R. Acad. Sci., Paris, Sér. I 315, No. 11, 1125-1130 (1992; Zbl 0767.17016)] which in turn generalized an earlier definition of quantum groupoids by the present author.











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