The finite-group conjecture for Müger centers of pre-Tannakian categories

Let C\mathcal{C} be a finitely tensor-generated pre-Tannakian category of moderate growth. Write MZ(C)\mathcal{M}\mathcal{Z}(\mathcal{C}) for its Müger center, and let Veck\mathrm{Vec}_k denote the category of finite-dimensional vector spaces over kk. Finite-group conjecture. There is a finite group KK such that

MZ(C)=Rep(K).\mathcal{M}\mathcal{Z}(\mathcal{C})=\operatorname{Rep}(K).

Consequently,

(MZ)2(C)=Veck.(\mathcal{M}\mathcal{Z})^2(\mathcal{C})=\mathrm{Vec}_k.

This conjecture generalizes the preceding result for finitely tensor-generated super-Tannakian categories, where the Müger center is the representation category of a finite quotient group. It predicts that the second iteration of the Müger-center operation is always the category of finite-dimensional vector spaces over kk in the stated moderate-growth setting.

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Primary source

Pavel Etingof and Andrew Snowden, “The Drinfeld center of an oligomorphic tensor category”, arXiv:2604.00290 (2026).

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