We categorify the notion of coalgebras by imposing a co-associative law up to some isomorphisms on the co-multiplication map and requiring that these isomorphisms satisfy certairl law of their own, which is called the...We categorify the notion of coalgebras by imposing a co-associative law up to some isomorphisms on the co-multiplication map and requiring that these isomorphisms satisfy certairl law of their own, which is called the copentagon identity. We also set up a 2-category of 2-coalgebras. The purpose of this study is from the idea of reconsidering the quasi-Hopf algebras by the categorification process, so that we can study the theory of quasi-Hopf algebras and their representations in some new framework of higher category theory in natural ways.展开更多
基金Supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant Nos. 10975102, 11031005 10871135, 10871227, and PHR201007107
文摘We categorify the notion of coalgebras by imposing a co-associative law up to some isomorphisms on the co-multiplication map and requiring that these isomorphisms satisfy certairl law of their own, which is called the copentagon identity. We also set up a 2-category of 2-coalgebras. The purpose of this study is from the idea of reconsidering the quasi-Hopf algebras by the categorification process, so that we can study the theory of quasi-Hopf algebras and their representations in some new framework of higher category theory in natural ways.
