nLab quasitriangular Hopf 2-algebra

Idea

A categorification of the notion of quasitriangular bialgebra.

Related entries

Tannaka duality for categories of modules over monoids/associative algebras

monoid/associative algebra	category of modules
$A$	$Mod_A$
$R$-algebra	$Mod_R$-2-module
sesquialgebra	2-ring = monoidal presentable category with colimit-preserving tensor product
bialgebra	strict 2-ring: monoidal category with fiber functor
Hopf algebra	rigid monoidal category with fiber functor
hopfish algebra (correct version)	rigid monoidal category (without fiber functor)
weak Hopf algebra	fusion category with generalized fiber functor
quasitriangular bialgebra	braided monoidal category with fiber functor
triangular bialgebra	symmetric monoidal category with fiber functor
quasitriangular Hopf algebra (quantum group)	rigid braided monoidal category with fiber functor
triangular Hopf algebra	rigid symmetric monoidal category with fiber functor
supercommutative Hopf algebra (supergroup)	rigid symmetric monoidal category with fiber functor and Schur smallness
form Drinfeld double	form Drinfeld center
trialgebra	Hopf monoidal category

2-Tannaka duality for module categories over monoidal categories

monoidal category	2-category of module categories
$A$	$Mod_A$
$R$-2-algebra	$Mod_R$-3-module
Hopf monoidal category	monoidal 2-category (with some duality and strictness structure)
quasitriangular Hopf 2-algebra	braided monoidal 2-category

3-Tannaka duality for module 2-categories over monoidal 2-categories

monoidal 2-category	3-category of module 2-categories
$A$	$Mod_A$
$R$-3-algebra	$Mod_R$-4-module

References

• Hank Chen, Florian Girelli: Hopf 2-algebras and Braided Monoidal 2-Categories, Theory and Applications of Categories 45 36 (2026) [tac:45-36, arXiv:2304.07398]