Pith. sign in

REVIEW 3 cited by

Manifestly unitary higher Hilbert spaces

Not yet reviewed by Pith; the record is open.

This paper has not been read by Pith yet. Machine review is queued; the pith claim, tier, and objections will appear here once it completes.

SPECIMEN: schema-true, not a live event

T0 review · schema-true

One-sentence machine reading of the paper's core claim.

pith:XXXXXXXX · record.json · timestamp

arxiv 2410.05120 v1 pith:NXIKYPI5 submitted 2024-10-07 math.QA math.CTmath.OA

classification math.QAmath.CTmath.OA
keywords spaceshilberthighercategoryconstructiondimensionalmanifestlyunitary
verification ladder T0 review T1 audit T2 compute T3 formal

Signed reviews

No signed human review yet.

0 comments
abstract

Higher idempotent completion gives a formal inductive construction of the $n$-category of finite dimensional $n$-vector spaces starting with the complex numbers. We propose a manifestly unitary construction of low dimensional higher Hilbert spaces, formally constructing the $\mathrm{C}^*$-3-category of 3-Hilbert spaces from Baez's 2-Hilbert spaces, which itself forms a 3-Hilbert space. We prove that the forgetful functor from 3-Hilbert spaces to 3-vector spaces is fully faithful.

Discussion (0). Continue with ORCID to comment.

Forward citations

Cited by 3 Pith papers

Reviewed papers in the Pith corpus that reference this work. Sorted by Pith novelty score. Full citation record

  1. On the Higher Categorical Structure of Topological Defects in Quantum Field Theories

    math-ph 2025-05 conditional novelty 7.0 of 10

    Categories of topological defects with arbitrary tangential structures are proposed to be structured higher dagger categories, proven for stable structures admitting direct sums under the stratified cobordism hypothesis.

  2. Orthonormal bases for higher Hilbert spaces

    math.QA 2026-08 conditional novelty 6.0 of 10

    For finite-dimensional 3-Hilbert spaces, orthonormal bases exist uniquely up to contractible choice, and the Yoneda embedding into the presheaf 3-Hilbert space is an isometric equivalence.

  3. Topological defects in reflection positive topological field theories

    math-ph 2026-08 conditional novelty 5.0 of 10

    A reflection-positive two-dimensional defect TQFT gives its defect bicategory an O(2)-dagger structure, and with positivity a structure close to a 3-Hilbert space.

Pith tools