Hans Wenzl

Abstract:   There exists a rather complicated tensor product for representations of loop groups, usually referred to as fusion. We describe some of its connections with operator algebras and combinatorics. In particular, one obtains representations of braid groups which can be used for decomposing tensor products. This generalization of Schur-Weyl duality has applications e.g. for the classification of tensor categories via their Grothendieck semiring.

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