Exponential functors, R–matrices and twists

Pennig, Ulrich¹

¹School of Mathematics, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom

Algebraic and Geometric Topology, Tome 20 (2020) no. 3, pp. 1279-1324

Résumé

We show that each polynomial exponential functor on complex finite-dimensional inner product spaces is defined up to equivalence of monoidal functors by an involutive solution to the Yang–Baxter equation (an involutive R–matrix), which determines an extremal character on S∞. These characters are classified by Thoma parameters, and Thoma parameters resulting from polynomial exponential functors are of a special kind. Moreover, we show that each R–matrix with Thoma parameters of this kind yield a corresponding polynomial exponential functor.

In the second part of the paper we use these functors to construct a higher twist over  SU(n) for a localisation of K–theory that generalises the one classified by the basic gerbe. We compute the indecomposable part of the rational characteristic classes of these twists in terms of the Thoma parameters of their R–matrices.

Détail

DOI : 10.2140/agt.2020.20.1279

Classification : 19L50, 55N15, 55R37
Keywords: twisted $K$–theory, polynomial functors, unit spectrum, Fell bundles

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