Multiplication by a scalar #
For an algebra R in a monoidal category, an element g : 𝟙 ⟶ R
of the even part of its Γ-algebra acts on R by multiplication.
The resulting endomorphism RS.mulBy g sends the unit to g, and
composing any element of the Γ-algebra into it is the convolution
product with g.
This is the calculus behind the scalar computation for a simple
algebra: multiplication by a nonzero even element has an ideal for
its kernel and an ideal for its image, so simplicity makes it
invertible, and the preimage of the unit is then an inverse for g.
Multiplication by an even scalar.
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Multiplication by a scalar, applied to any element of the Γ-algebra, is the convolution product.
Multiplication by a scalar sends the unit to that scalar.
Multiplication by the unit is the identity.
Multiplication by a scalar is additive in the scalar.
Multiplication by the zero scalar is zero.
A scalar whose multiplication vanishes is itself zero.
An odd scalar squares to zero. The self-braiding of the odd
line is −1, and convolution against a commutative algebra is
commutative up to that braiding, so the square of an odd element is
its own negative.