Twisted Graded Categories

Abstract

Given a presentably symmetric monoidal $\infty$-category $\mathcal{C}$ and an $\mathbb{E}_{\infty}$-monoid $M$, we introduce and classify twisted graded categories, which generalize the Day convolution structure on $\mathrm{Fun}(M, \mathcal{C})$. These are characterized by a braiding encoded in symmetric group actions on tensor powers, whose character we show depends only on the $\mathbb{T}$-equivariant monoidal dimension. We analyze the $\mathbb{T}$-action on the dimension of invertible objects and identify it with the $\mathbb{T}$-transfer map. Finally, we compute braiding characters in examples arising from higher cyclotomic extensions, such as the $(\mathbb{S}, n+1)$-oriented extension of $\mathrm{Mod}_{En}^{\wedge}$ at all primes and heights, and of the cyclotomic closure of $\mathrm{Vect}^n$ at low heights.