On the Gauge Equivalence of Twisted Quantum Doubles of Elementary Abelian and Extra-Special 2-Groups
Document Type
Article
Publication Title
Journal of Algebra
Department
Mathematics
ISSN
0021-8693
Volume
312
Issue
2
DOI
10.1016/j.jalgebra.2006.10.022
First Page
849
Last Page
875
Publication Date
1-6-2007
Abstract
We establish braided tensor equivalences among module categories over the twisted quantum double of a finite group defined by an extension of a group H by an abelian group, with 3-cocycle inflated from a 3-cocycle on H. We also prove that the canonical ribbon structure of the module category of any twisted quantum double of a finite group is preserved by braided tensor equivalences. We give two main applications: first, if G is an extra-special 2-group of width at least 2, we show that the quantum double of G twisted by a 3-cocycle w is gauge equivalent to a twisted quantum double of an elementary abelian 2-group if, and only if, w^2 is trivial; second, we discuss the gauge equivalence classes of twisted quantum doubles of groups of order 8, and classify the braided tensor equivalence classes of these quasi-triangular quasi-bialgebras. It turns out that there are exactly 20 such equivalence classes.
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Recommended Citation
Goff, C. D.,
Mason, G.,
&
Ng, S.
(2007).
On the Gauge Equivalence of Twisted Quantum Doubles of Elementary Abelian and Extra-Special 2-Groups.
Journal of Algebra, 312(2), 849–875.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jalgebra.2006.10.022
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