Higher-dimensional algebra. II: 2-Hilbert spaces

DOI10.1006/aima.1997.1617zbMath0896.18001arXivq-alg/9609018WikidataQ62443617 ScholiaQ62443617MaRDI QIDQ1369691

John C. Baez

Publication date: 14 December 1997

Published in: Advances in Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/q-alg/9609018

zbMATH Keywords

Fourier transform; Gelfand transform; 2-Hilbert space; compact supergroupoid; generalized Doplicher-Roberts theorem; symmetric 2-\(H^*\)-algebras; unitary finite-dimensional representations

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

81T40: Two-dimensional field theories, conformal field theories, etc. in quantum mechanics

46N50: Applications of functional analysis in quantum physics

18E10: Abelian categories, Grothendieck categories

22A30: Other topological algebraic systems and their representations

18D20: Enriched categories (over closed or monoidal categories)

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