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arxiv: math/0508617 · v2 · submitted 2005-08-30 · 🧮 math.GR · math.CT

An abstract characterization of Thompson's group F

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We show that Thompson's group F is the symmetry group of the "generic idempotent". That is, take the monoidal category freely generated by an object A and an isomorphism A \otimes A --> A; then F is the group of automorphisms of A.

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