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• The map<br />

is an isomorphism of K-vector spaces.<br />

K → End C (I)<br />

λ ↦→ λ id I<br />

2. More generally, an object V of an additive category C is called absolutely simple, if the<br />

map<br />

is an isomorphism of K-vector spaces.<br />

K → End C (V )<br />

λ ↦→ λ id V<br />

3. Let {V i } i∈I be a family of objects in a K-linear category C. An object V in this category<br />

is said to be dominated by the family {V i }, if the image of the map<br />

additively generates End C (V ).<br />

Hom C (V, V i ) ⊗ Hom C (V i , V ) → End C (V )<br />

(f, g) → g ◦ f<br />

Definition 5.6.2<br />

A modular category is pair (C, {V i } i∈I ) consisting of<br />

• an additive ribbon category C with ground field K<br />

• a finite family {V i } i∈I of simple objects<br />

such that<br />

(A1) There exists an index 0 ∈ I with V 0 = I.<br />

(A2) For any index i ∈ I there is an index i ∗ ∈ I such that V i ∗<br />

∼ = V<br />

∗<br />

i .<br />

(A3) The family {V i } dominates all objects of C.<br />

(A4) The |I| × |I|-matrix with entries<br />

S ij = Tr c Vj ,V i<br />

◦ c Vi ,V j<br />

∈ End (I) ∼ = K<br />

is invertible over K.<br />

Remarks 5.6.3.<br />

1. The symmetry of the trace implies that the matrix S is symmetric, S ij = S ji .<br />

2. The matrix element S ij equals the invariant of the Hopf link with the two components<br />

coloured by the objects V i and V j .<br />

Observation 5.6.4.<br />

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