Free wreath product quantum groups : the monoidal category, approximation properties and free probability

Abstract: In this paper, we find the fusion rules for the free wreath product quantum groups $\mathbb{G}\wr_S_N^+$ for all compact matrix quantum groups of Kac type $\mathbb{G}$ and $N\ge4$. This is based on a combinatorial description of the intertwiner spaces between certain generating representations of $\mathbb{G}\wr_*S_N^+$. The combinatorial properties of the intertwiner spaces in $\mathbb{G}\wr_*S_N^+$ then allows us to obtain several probabilistic applications. We then prove the monoidal equivalence between $\mathbb{G}\wr_*S_N^+$ and a compact quantum group whose dual is a discrete quantum subgroup of the free product $\widehat{\mathbb{G}}\widehat{SU_q(2)}$, for some $0<q\le1$. We obtain as a corollary certain stability results for the operator algebras associated with the free wreath products of quantum groups such as Haagerup property, weak amenability and exactness.