Higher-dimensional algebra. II: 2-Hilbert spaces

DOI10.1006/aima.1997.1617zbMath0896.18001arXivq-alg/9609018OpenAlexW2033351506WikidataQ62443617 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 transformGelfand transform2-Hilbert spacecompact supergroupoidgeneralized Doplicher-Roberts theoremsymmetric 2-\(H^*\)-algebrasunitary finite-dimensional representations

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Two-dimensional field theories, conformal field theories, etc. in quantum mechanics (81T40) Applications of functional analysis in quantum physics (46N50) Abelian categories, Grothendieck categories (18E10) Other topological algebraic systems and their representations (22A30) Enriched categories (over closed or monoidal categories) (18D20)

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