Tensor $2$-Product for ${\mathfrak{sl}}_2$: Extensions to the Negative Half

Abstract

In a recent paper, the author defined an operation of tensor product for a large class of $2$-representations of ${\mathcal{U}}^{+}$, the positive half of the $2$-category associated to ${\mathfrak{sl}}_2$. In this paper, we prove that the operation extends to give an operation of tensor product for $2$-representations of the full $2$-category $\mathcal{U}$: when the inputs are $2$-representations of the full $\mathcal{U}$, the $2$-product is also a $2$-representation of the full $\mathcal{U}$. As in the previous paper, the $2$-product is given for a simple $2$-representation $\mathcal{L}(1)$ and an abelian $2$-representation $\mathcal{V}$ taken from the $2$-category of algebras. This is the first construction of an operation of tensor product for higher representations of a full Lie algebra in the abelian setting.

60 pages. A few corrections and many additional details. References in this version are compatible with arXiv:2209.06782v3