arXiv research

Simplified computation of symmetric gl_1 homology for links.

Using quantum skew-Howe duality, we study the category $\operatorname{Rep}(\mathfrak{gl}(m|n))$ of tensor products of exterior powers of the standard representation of $U_q(\mathfrak{gl}(m|n))$, and prove that it is equivalent to a category of ladder diagrams modulo one extra family of relations. We then construct a ca…

New homology for links in annulus discovered.

Extends gl(m|k) construction using Hilbert scheme of points.

In previous work, we have constructed diagrammatic idempotents in an affine extension of the Temperley-Lieb category, which describe extremal weight projectors for sl(2), and which categorify Chebyshev polynomials of the first kind. In this paper, we generalize the construction of extremal weight projectors to the case…

Researchers link knot Floer homology, Burau representation, and quantum gl(1|1).

Authors compute stable homology of torus knots using a new deformation technique.

The paper explains why a specific type of link homology is useful.

Enhances stability ranges for Torelli and congruence subgroup homologies.

Extended quantum state result for gl_n weight systems.

Study of generalized Legendrian racks and their GL-structures.

Classifies GL(2,R)-invariant subvarieties with zero Lyapunov exponents.

We define an annular version of odd Khovanov homology and prove that it carries an action of the Lie superalgebra $\mathfrak{gl}(1|1)$ which is preserved under annular Reidemeister moves.

This paper proves a conjecture about knot homologies.

Odd Khovanov homology gets a new algebraic action from super foams.

In this paper, we show an isomorphism of homological knot invariants categorifying the Reshetikhin-Turaev invariants for $\mathfrak{sl}_n$. Over the past decade, such invariants have been constructed in a variety of different ways, using matrix factorizations, category $\mathcal{O}$, affine Grassmannians, and diagramma…

We study five dimensional geometries associated with the 5-dimensional irreducible representation of GL(2,R). These are special Weyl geometries in signature (3,2) having the structure group reduced from CO(3,2) to GL(2,R). The reduction is obtained by means of a conformal class of totally symmetric 3-tensors. Among all…

In this paper we define an explicit basis for the $\mathfrak{gl}_n$-web algebra $H_n(\vec{k})$ (the $\mathfrak{gl}_n$ generalization of Khovanov's arc algebra) using categorified $q$-skew Howe duality. Our construction is a $\mathfrak{gl}_n$-web version of Hu--Mathas' graded cellular basis and has two major application…

New algebras and maps defined in knot Floer homology for trivalent vertices.

We construct a categorification of the maximal commutative subalgebra of the type $A$ Hecke algebra. Specifically, we propose a monoidal functor from the (symmetric) monoidal category of coherent sheaves on the flag Hilbert scheme to the (non-symmetric) monoidal category of Soergel bimodules. The adjoint of this functo…

For every oriented surface of finite type, we construct a functorial Khovanov homology for links in a thickening of the surface, which takes values in a categorification of the corresponding gl(2) skein module. The latter is a mild refinement of the Kauffman bracket skein algebra, and its categorification is constructe…

New invariants derived from link homology for 4-manifolds.

We use categorical annular evaluation to give a uniform construction of both $\mathfrak{sl}_n$ and HOMFLYPT Khovanov-Rozansky link homology, as well as annular versions of these theories. Variations on our construction yield $\mathfrak{gl}_{-n}$ link homology, i.e. a link homology theory associated to the Lie superalge…

Researchers calculate dimensions of skein modules for 2-torus mapping tori.

New connections found on zero-mean multivariate normal distributions.

We identify the Grothendieck group of the tangle Floer dg algebra with a tensor product of certain $U_q(gl(1|1))$ representations. Under this identification, up to a scalar factor, the map on the Grothendieck group induced by the tangle Floer dg bimodule associated to a tangle agrees with the Reshetikhin-Turaev homomor…

We solve the regularized Knizhnik-Zamolodchikov equation and find an explicit expression for the Drinfeld associator. We restrict to the case of the fundamental representation of $gl(N)$. Several tests of the results are presented. It can be explicitly seen that components of this solution for the associator coincide w…

New $\mathfrak{sl}_2$ action on link homologies discovered.

New algebraic description connects Fukaya category to bordered Floer homology.

New proof of Khovanov-Rozansky homology base point independence in finite characteristic.

New basis for quantum gl_N invariants derived from Macdonald polynomials.

Extends Heegaard Floer theory to surfaces of dimension one.

We use Khovanov-Rozansky gl(N) link homology to define invariants of oriented smooth 4-manifolds, as skein modules constructed from certain 4-categories with well-behaved duals. The technical heart of this construction is a proof of the sweep-around property, which makes these link homologies well defined in the 3-sphe…

We relate decategorifications of Ozsváth-Szabó's new bordered theory for knot Floer homology to representations of $\mathcal{U}_q(\mathfrak{gl}(1|1))$. Specifically, we consider two subalgebras $\mathcal{C}_r(n,\mathcal{S})$ and $\mathcal{C}_l(n,\mathcal{S})$ of Ozsváth- Szabó's algebra $\mathcal{B}(n,\mathcal{S})$, an…

Let IA_n be the Torelli subgroup of Aut(F_n). We give an explicit finite set of generators for H_2(IA_n) as a GL_n(Z)-module. Corollaries include a version of surjective representation stability for H_2(IA_n), the vanishing of the GL_n(Z)-coinvariants of H_2(IA_n), and the vanishing of the second rational homology grou…

Spectral sequence connects knot homologies via algebraic geometry.

Study cohomology of GL₂n(Z) and graph complexes using Pfaffian forms.

Develops higher representation theory for odd Khovanov homology and rewriting theory.

We use super $q$-Howe duality to provide diagrammatic presentations of an idempotented form of the Hecke algebra and of categories of $\mathfrak{gl}_N$-modules (and, more generally, $\mathfrak{gl}_{N|M}$-modules) whose objects are tensor generated by exterior and symmetric powers of the vector representations. As an ap…

Witt algebra acts on Khovanov-Rozansky homology of links.

We construct a supercategory that can be seen as a skew version of (thickened) KLR algebras for the type $A$ quiver. We use our supercategory to construct homological invariants of tangles and show that for every link our invariant gives a link homology theory supercategorifying the Jones polynomial. Our homology is di…

An algebra $A$ with identity $(a\circ b)\circ c-a\circ(b\circ c)=(a\circ c)\circ b-a\circ(c\circ b),$ is called right-symmetric. Cohomology and deformation theory for right-symmetric algebras are developed. Cohomologies of $gl_n$ and half-Witt algebras $W_n^{rsym}, p=0,$ $W_n^{rsym}({\bf m}), p>0,$ are calculated. In p…

New categories help understand knot algebra.

Refines Khovanov homology using signed Burnside categories.

We explain how Queffelec-Sartori's construction of the HOMFLY-PT link polynomial can be interpreted in terms of parabolic Verma modules for $\mathfrak{gl}_{2n}$. Lifting the construction to the world of categorification, we use parabolic 2-Verma modules to give a higher representation theory construction of Khovanov-Ro…

Kirby color defined in Khovanov homology for 4D handlebodies.

We exhibit a finitely generated group $\M$ whose rational homology is isomorphic to the rational stable homology of the mapping class group. It is defined as a mapping class group associated to a surface $\su$ of infinite genus, and contains all the pure mapping class groups of compact surfaces of genus $g$ with $n$ bo…

Paper defines and computes a new weight system for gl_N Lie algebra.