The indecomposable objects in the center of Deligne's category $Rep(S_t)$

Abstract

We classify the indecomposable objects in the monoidal center of Deligne's interpolation category $Rep(S_t)$ by viewing $Rep(S_t)$ as a model-theoretic limit in rank and characteristic. We further prove that the center of $Rep(S_t)$ is semisimple if and only if $t$ is not a non-negative integer. In addition, we identify the associated graded Grothendieck ring of this monoidal center with that of the graded sum of the centers of representation categories of finite symmetric groups with an induction product. We prove analogous statements for the abelian envelope.

v2: Final accepted manuscript after minor edits, to appear in Proceedings of the LMS

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