Shadows and traces in bicategories
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Publication:382402
DOI10.1007/S40062-012-0017-0zbMATH Open1298.18006arXiv0910.1306OpenAlexW3099385611MaRDI QIDQ382402FDOQ382402
Authors: Michael Shulman, Kate Ponto 
Publication date: 18 November 2013
Published in: Journal of Homotopy and Related Structures (Search for Journal in Brave)
Abstract: Traces in symmetric monoidal categories are well-known and have many applications; for instance, their functoriality directly implies the Lefschetz fixed point theorem. However, for some applications, such as generalizations of the Lefschetz theorem, one needs "noncommutative" traces, such as the Hattori-Stallings trace for modules over noncommutative rings. In this paper we study a generalization of the symmetric monoidal trace which applies to noncommutative situations; its context is a bicategory equipped with an extra structure called a "shadow." In particular, we prove its functoriality and 2-functoriality, which are essential to its applications in fixed-point theory. Throughout we make use of an appropriate "cylindrical" type of string diagram, which we justify formally in an appendix.
Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0910.1306
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