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arxiv: 2606.05789 · v1 · pith:ZWIS574Tnew · submitted 2026-06-04 · 🧮 math.RT

Abelian envelopes for interpolation categories of wreath products from monoidal adjunctions

Johannes Flake , Thorsten Heidersdorf , David Hull This is my paper

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keywords abelian envelopesinterpolation categorieswreath productsrestriction functorsmonoidal adjunctionssymmetric groupsrepresentation categories
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Interpolation categories of wreath products G wr S_n admit abelian envelopes when their generalized restriction functors have adjoints.

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The paper establishes the existence of abelian envelopes for the interpolation categories associated to wreath products of a fixed finite group G with the symmetric groups S_n for all n at least zero. This is achieved by proving directly that certain generalized restriction functors between these categories admit adjoints, using combinatorial methods. A reader would care because the envelopes allow the categories to be completed into abelian categories where standard tools from homological algebra become available. The result extends the theory of such envelopes from symmetric groups alone to the wreath product setting.

Core claim

We establish the existence of abelian envelopes for interpolation categories of wreath product groups G wr S_n, for a fixed finite group G with the symmetric groups S_n, for n greater than or equal to zero. Our approach consists of showing directly via essentially combinatorial methods that certain generalized restriction functors admit adjoints.

What carries the argument

Generalized restriction functors between the interpolation categories that admit adjoints and thereby induce the monoidal adjunctions needed for the envelopes.

If this is right

  • Abelian envelopes exist for each interpolation category of G wr S_n.
  • The envelopes arise directly from the adjunctions on the restriction functors.
  • The construction applies uniformly for every n greater than or equal to zero and any fixed finite G.
  • The combinatorial verification of the adjoints replaces more abstract existence arguments.

Where Pith is reading between the lines

These are editorial extensions of the paper, not claims the author makes directly.

  • The same combinatorial technique for verifying adjoints might extend to interpolation categories of other group families with similar restriction structures.
  • Explicit computation of the adjoints for small G such as cyclic groups of prime order would provide concrete examples of the envelopes.
  • The result points to a possible criterion for when monoidal categories built from group representations possess abelian envelopes.

Load-bearing premise

The generalized restriction functors between the interpolation categories admit adjoints.

What would settle it

An explicit pair of interpolation categories for wreath products where at least one generalized restriction functor fails to have an adjoint would show that the abelian envelopes do not exist in general.

Figures

Figures reproduced from arXiv: 2606.05789 by David Hull, Johannes Flake, Thorsten Heidersdorf.

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Figure 1. Figure 1: Visualization of a computation using the graphical calculus of a rigid category. Here, composition is read top-to-bottom. The gray box represents the mapping F1. To see that a map F1 as above is surjective in applications, we use the following reduction criterion. Definition 2.4. In the set-up as before, define Inv<d(V ) := kSd X d1,d2≥1,d1+d2=d Invd1 (V ) ⊗ Invd2 (V ) ⊂ Invd(V ) Invd(V ) := Invd(V ) Inv<d… view at source ↗
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We establish the existence of abelian envelopes for interpolation categories of wreath product groups $G\wr S_n$, for a fixed finite group $G$ with the symmetric groups $S_n$, for $n\ge0$. Our approach consists of showing directly via essentially combinatorial methods that certain generalized restriction functors admit adjoints.

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Referee Report

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Summary. The manuscript establishes the existence of abelian envelopes for interpolation categories of wreath product groups G wr S_n (G a fixed finite group, n ≥ 0) by directly proving via combinatorial arguments that generalized restriction functors between these categories admit adjoints.

Significance. If the combinatorial arguments are correct, the result supplies an explicit, direct construction of abelian envelopes in the wreath-product setting that builds on monoidal adjunctions. The combinatorial route to the key adjunctions is a genuine strength, as it avoids reliance on abstract existence theorems and may permit concrete computations in the representation theory of these groups.

minor comments (1)
  1. The title refers to 'monoidal adjunctions' while the abstract emphasizes 'combinatorial methods'; a brief clarifying sentence in the introduction relating the two would improve readability.

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We thank the referee for their positive assessment of the manuscript, for highlighting the strength of the combinatorial approach to the adjunctions, and for recommending acceptance.

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full rationale

The paper establishes existence of abelian envelopes by directly proving via combinatorial methods that generalized restriction functors between interpolation categories admit adjoints. No equations, fitted parameters, predictions, or self-citations appear in the provided abstract or description as load-bearing steps. The derivation is presented as self-contained with external combinatorial arguments, satisfying the criteria for a non-circular finding.

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axioms (1)
  • domain assumption Generalized restriction functors admit adjoints (proved combinatorially)
    The existence of abelian envelopes rests on this adjunction property being established by the combinatorial argument described in the abstract.

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