bicommutant

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noun

A double commutant (that commutes with the elements of two subgroups)

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Meanings

nounbicommutant (plural bicommutants)

plural bicommutants

  1. mathematicsA double commutant (that commutes with the elements of two subgroups)

    In this article, we prove that every unitary fusion category gives an example of a bicommutant category.

    2015, André Henriques, David Penneys, “Bicommutant categories from fusion categories”, in arXiv

Origin

From bi- + commutant.

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