A categorification of the Casimir of quantum \(\mathfrak{sl}(2)\) (Q436244)

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    A categorification of the Casimir of quantum \(\mathfrak{sl}(2)\)
    scientific article; zbMATH DE number 6059035

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      A categorification of the Casimir of quantum \(\mathfrak{sl}(2)\) (English)
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      20 July 2012
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      categorified quantum group
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      graphical calculus
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      Casimir element
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      universal invariant
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      Witten-Reshetikhin-Turaev invariants
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      The paper under review categorifies the Casimir element, which is the free generator of the centre of \(U_q(\mathfrak{sl}_2)\) as a \(\mathbb{Z}[q,q^{-1}]\)-algebra. This is a first step towards categorification of Lawrence's universal \(\mathfrak{sl}_2\) invariant of knots, within the context of the categorified representation theory of \(U_q(\mathfrak{sl}_2)\).NEWLINENEWLINEThe main technical tool to handle the increased combinatorial complexity seen in such categorified structures is the diagrammatic calculus of a certain categorified algebra introduced by the third author [Adv. Math. 225, No. 6, 3327--3424 (2010; Zbl 1219.17012)].
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