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The Heisenberg category of a category

Gyenge, Adam, Koppensteiner, Clemens and Logvinenko, Timothy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5279-6977 2026. The Heisenberg category of a category. Memoirs of the American Mathematical Society 320 , 1633. 10.1090/memo/1633

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Abstract

Starting with a k-linear or DG category admitting a (homotopy) Serre functor, we construct a k-linear or DG 2-category categorifying the Heisenberg algebra of the numerical K-group of the original category. We also define a 2-categorical analogue of the Fock space representation of the Heisenberg algebra. Our construction generalises and unifies various categorical Heisenberg algebra actions appearing in the literature. In particular, we give a full categorical enhancement of the action on derived categories of symmetric quotient stacks introduced by Krug, which itself categorifies a Heisenberg algebra action proposed by Grojnowski. © 2026 by the American Mathematical Society. All rights reserved.

Item Type: Article
Date Type: Publication
Status: Published
Schools: Schools > Mathematics
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Publisher: American Mathematical Society (AMS)
ISSN: 0065-9266
Date of First Compliant Deposit: 29 July 2026
Last Modified: 29 Jul 2026 15:45
URI: https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/188478

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