Dualizability conjecture for unimodular finite braided tensor categories

Let C\mathcal{C} be a unimodular finite braided tensor category, and let Verp(n)ζ1/2\operatorname{Ver}^{\zeta^{1/2}}_{p^{(n)}} denote a mixed higher Verlinde category. Regard these categories as objects of the Morita 4-category Mor2(Pr)\mathrm{Mor}_2(\Pr) of presentable braided monoidal categories. Dualizability conjecture. Every unimodular finite braided tensor category, and in particular every mixed higher Verlinde category Verp(n)ζ1/2\operatorname{Ver}^{\zeta^{1/2}}_{p^{(n)}}, is (3+24)(3+\frac{2}{4})-dualizable in Mor2(Pr)\mathrm{Mor}_2(\Pr). Furthermore, if p>3p>3 and n==2n=\ell=2, the mixed higher Verlinde category Verp(2)ζ1/2\operatorname{Ver}^{\zeta^{1/2}}_{p^{(2)}} is not (3+34)(3+\frac{3}{4})-dualizable. This is motivated by the expected full extension of the associated 4-dimensional TQFTs and by the fact that dualizability of a braided tensor category is controlled by that of its symmetric center; the authors plan to return to the conjecture and related questions in future work.

Sources & referencesView supporting material

Primary source

Thibault D. Décoppet and Benjamin Haïoun, “Invariants of 4-Dimensional 2-Handlebodies from the Temperley-Lieb Category in Positive Characteristic”, arXiv:2512.14849 (2025).

Progress summary

Never refreshed

Nothing recorded yet. Refresh searches the literature and the public web for attempts on this problem, and writes the first summary here.

Solutions 0

No solutions have been posted yet.