17080011

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http://pirsa.org/17080011

Frobenius algebras, Hopf algebras and 3-categories

Reutter, D. (2017). Frobenius algebras, Hopf algebras and 3-categories. Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics. http://pirsa.org/17080011

Reutter, David. Frobenius algebras, Hopf algebras and 3-categories. Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, Aug. 03, 2017, http://pirsa.org/17080011 

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            doi = {},
            url = {http://pirsa.org/17080011},
            author = {Reutter, David},
            keywords = {Quantum Foundations, Quantum Information},
            language = {en},
            title = {Frobenius algebras, Hopf algebras and 3-categories},
            publisher = {Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics},
            year = {2017},
            month = {aug},
            note = {17080011 see, \url{https://scitalks.ca/PIRSA/17080011}}
          }

David Reutter Universität Hamburg

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Abstract

It is well known that commutative Frobenius algebras can be represented as topological surfaces, using the graphical calculus of dualizable objects in monoidal 2-categories. We build on related ideas to show that the interacting Frobenius algebras of Duncan and Dunne, which have a Hopf algebra structure, arise naturally in a similar way, by requiring a single 3-morphism in a 3-category to be invertible. We show that this gives a purely geometrical proof of Mueger's version of Tannakian reconstruction of Hopf algebras from fusion categories equipped with a fibre functor. We also relate our results to the theory of lattice code surgery.