The monoidal center and the character algebra

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Abstract: For a pivotal finite tensor category mathcalC over an algebraically closed field k, we define the algebra mathsfCF(mathcalC) of class functions and the internal character mathsfch(X)inmathsfCF(mathcalC) for an object XinmathcalC by using an adjunction between mathcalC and its monoidal center mathcalZ(mathcalC). We also develop the integral theory in a unimodular finite tensor category by using the same adjunction. By utilizing these tools, we extend some results in the character theory of finite-dimensional Hopf algebras to this category-theoretical setting. Our main result is that the map mathsfch:mathsfGrk(mathcalC)omathsfCF(mathcalC) given by taking the internal character is a well-defined injective algebra map, where mathsfGrk(mathcalC) is the scalar extension of the Grothendieck ring of mathcalC to k. Moreover, under the assumption that mathcalC is unimodular, the map mathsfch is an isomorphism if and only if mathcalC is semisimple. As an application, we show that the algebra mathsfGrk(mathcalC) is semisimple if mathcalC is a non-degenerate pivotal fusion category. If, moreover, mathsfGrk(mathcalC) is commutative, then the character table of mathcalC is defined based on the integral theory. It turns out that the character table is obtained from the S-matrix if mathcalC is a modular tensor category. Generalizing corresponding results in the finite group theory, we prove the orthogonality relations and the integrality.



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