nLab Platonic 2-group

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higher category theory

Basic concepts

Basic theorems

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Extra properties and structure

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Idea

A Platonic 2-group (Epa 10) is a 2-group higher extension of a “Platonic group” in the ADE classification, i.e. of a finite subgroup of SO(3); or else of its double cover, hence of finite subgroup of SU(2).

ADE classification and McKay correspondence

Dynkin diagram/
Dynkin quiver
dihedron,
Platonic solid
finite subgroups of SO(3)finite subgroups of SU(2)simple Lie group
A n1A_{n \geq 1}cyclic group
n+1\mathbb{Z}_{n+1}
cyclic group
n+1\mathbb{Z}_{n+1}
special unitary group
SU(n+1)SU(n+1)
A1cyclic group of order 2
2\mathbb{Z}_2
cyclic group of order 2
2\mathbb{Z}_2
SU(2)
A2cyclic group of order 3
3\mathbb{Z}_3
cyclic group of order 3
3\mathbb{Z}_3
SU(3)
A3
=
D3
cyclic group of order 4
4\mathbb{Z}_4
cyclic group of order 4
2D 2 42 D_2 \simeq \mathbb{Z}_4
SU(4)
\simeq
Spin(6)
D4dihedron on
bigon
Klein four-group
D 4 2× 2D_4 \simeq \mathbb{Z}_2 \times \mathbb{Z}_2
quaternion group
2D 42 D_4 \simeq Q8
SO(8), Spin(8)
D5dihedron on
triangle
dihedral group of order 6
D 6D_6
binary dihedral group of order 12
2D 62 D_6
SO(10), Spin(10)
D6dihedron on
square
dihedral group of order 8
D 8D_8
binary dihedral group of order 16
2D 82 D_{8}
SO(12), Spin(12)
D n4D_{n \geq 4}dihedron,
hosohedron
dihedral group
D 2(n2)D_{2(n-2)}
binary dihedral group
2D 2(n2)2 D_{2(n-2)}
special orthogonal group, spin group
SO(2n)SO(2n), Spin(2n)Spin(2n)
E 6E_6tetrahedrontetrahedral group
TT
binary tetrahedral group
2T2T
E6
E 7E_7cube,
octahedron
octahedral group
OO
binary octahedral group
2O2O
E7
E 8E_8dodecahedron,
icosahedron
icosahedral group
II
binary icosahedral group
2I2I
E8

Properties

Relation to the string 2-group

Proposition

The universal Platonic 2-group extensions 𝒢 uni[i]\mathcal{G}_{uni}[i] of G ADEG_{ADE} finite subgroups of SU(2) by U(1)U(1) (Epa-Ganter 16, def.2.11) are equivalently the restrictions of the string 2-group extension String(SU(2))SU(2)String(SU(2)) \to SU(2) of SU(2)SU(2), hence the classifying cocycle is the restriction of the smooth second Chern class:

𝒢 uni[i] BG ADE B 3/|G ADE| B 3i String(SU(2)) BSU(2) c 2 B 3U(1), \array{ \mathcal{G}_{uni}[i] &\longrightarrow& \mathbf{B}G_{ADE} &\longrightarrow& \mathbf{B}^3 \mathbb{Z}/{\vert G_{ADE}\vert} \\ \big\downarrow && \big\downarrow && \big\downarrow^{\mathrlap{\mathbf{B}^3 i}} \\ String(SU(2)) &\longrightarrow& \mathbf{B} SU(2) &\underset{\mathbf{c}_2}{\longrightarrow}& \mathbf{B}^3 U(1) } \,,

where ii is the canonical inclusion of roots of unity, i:/|G|U(1)i: \mathbb{Z}/{|G|} \hookrightarrow U(1).

(Epa-Ganter 16, prop. 4.1)

See also at finite subgroup of SU(2)Discrete torsion

References

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