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   Chirvasitu, Alexandru; Penkov, Ivan (October 2021, Applied Categorical Structures)

   Abstract Let $$V_*\otimes V\rightarrow {\mathbb {C}}$$ V ∗ ⊗ V → C be a non-degenerate pairing of countable-dimensional complex vector spaces V and $$V_*$$ V ∗ . The Mackey Lie algebra $${\mathfrak {g}}=\mathfrak {gl}^M(V,V_*)$$ g = gl M ( V , V ∗ ) corresponding to this pairing consists of all endomorphisms $$\varphi $$ φ of V for which the space $$V_*$$ V ∗ is stable under the dual endomorphism $$\varphi ^*: V^*\rightarrow V^*$$ φ ∗ : V ∗ → V ∗ . We study the tensor Grothendieck category $${\mathbb {T}}$$ T generated by the $${\mathfrak {g}}$$ g -modules V , $$V_*$$ V ∗ and their algebraic duals $$V^*$$ V ∗ and $$V^*_*$$ V ∗ ∗ . The category $${{\mathbb {T}}}$$ T is an analogue of categories considered in prior literature, the main difference being that the trivial module $${\mathbb {C}}$$ C is no longer injective in $${\mathbb {T}}$$ T . We describe the injective hull I of $${\mathbb {C}}$$ C in $${\mathbb {T}}$$ T , and show that the category $${\mathbb {T}}$$ T is Koszul. In addition, we prove that I is endowed with a natural structure of commutative algebra. We then define another category $$_I{\mathbb {T}}$$ I T of objects in $${\mathbb {T}}$$ T which are free as I -modules. Our main result is that the category $${}_I{\mathbb {T}}$$ I T is also Koszul, and moreover that $${}_I{\mathbb {T}}$$ I T is universal among abelian $${\mathbb {C}}$$ C -linear tensor categories generated by two objects X , Y with fixed subobjects $$X'\hookrightarrow X$$ X ′ ↪ X , $$Y'\hookrightarrow Y$$ Y ′ ↪ Y and a pairing $$X\otimes Y\rightarrow {\mathbf{1 }}$$ X ⊗ Y → 1 where 1 is the monoidal unit. We conclude the paper by discussing the orthogonal and symplectic analogues of the categories $${\mathbb {T}}$$ T and $${}_I{\mathbb {T}}$$ I T . 

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   Jones, Corey (October 2024, Quantum Topology)

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   https://doi.org/10.1007/s00029-024-00932-8  

   Lauda, Aaron D; Licata, Anthony M; Manion, Andrew (July 2024, Selecta Mathematica)

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4. Deligne Categories and the Limit of Categories Rep(GL(m|n))

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   Entova-Aizenbud, Inna; Hinich, Vladimir; Serganova, Vera (June 2018, International Mathematics Research Notices)

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   Abstract For each integer $$t$$ a tensor category $$\mathcal{V}_t$$ is constructed, such that exact tensor functors $$\mathcal{V}_t\rightarrow \mathcal{C}$$ classify dualizable $$t$$-dimensional objects in $$\mathcal{C}$$ not annihilated by any Schur functor. This means that $$\mathcal{V}_t$$ is the “abelian envelope” of the Deligne category $$\mathcal{D}_t=\operatorname{Rep}(GL_t)$$. Any tensor functor $$\operatorname{Rep}(GL_t)\longrightarrow \mathcal{C}$$ is proved to factor either through $$\mathcal{V}_t$$ or through one of the classical categories $$\operatorname{Rep}(GL(m|n))$$ with $m-n=t$. The universal property of $$\mathcal{V}_t$$ implies that it is equivalent to the categories $$\operatorname{Rep}_{\mathcal{D}_{t_1}\otimes \mathcal{D}_{t_2}}(GL(X),\epsilon )$$, ($$t=t_1+t_2$$, $$t_1$$ not an integer) suggested by Deligne as candidates for the role of abelian envelope. 

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5. Planar Algebras in Braided Tensor Categories

   https://doi.org/10.1090/memo/1392  

   Henriques, André; Penneys, David; Tener, James (February 2023, Memoirs of the American Mathematical Society)

   We generalize Jones’ planar algebras by internalising the notion to a pivotal braided tensor category $\mathcal{C}$. To formulate the notion, the planar tangles are now equipped with additional ‘anchor lines’ which connect the inner circles to the outer circle. We call the resulting notion ananchored planar algebra. If we restrict to the case when $\mathcal{C}$is the category of vector spaces, then we recover the usual notion of a planar algebra. Building on our previous work on categorified traces, we prove that there is an equivalence of categories between anchored planar algebras in $\mathcal{C}$and pivotal module tensor categories over $\mathcal{C}$equipped with a chosen self-dual generator. Even in the case of usual planar algebras, the precise formulation of this theorem, as an equivalence of categories, has not appeared in the literature. Using our theorem, we describe many examples of anchored planar algebras. 

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