The sl_n foam 2-category: a combinatorial formulation of Khovanov-Rozansky homology via categorical skew Howe duality

DOI10.1016/J.AIM.2016.07.027zbMATH Open1360.57025arXiv1405.5920OpenAlexW2963176273MaRDI QIDQ317356FDOQ317356

David E. V. Rose, Hoel Queffelec

Publication date: 30 September 2016

Published in: Advances in Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We give a purely combinatorial construction of colored $mathfrak{sl}_n$ link homology. The invariant takes values in a 2-category where 2-morphisms are given by foams, singular cobordisms between $mathfrak{sl}_n$ webs; applying a (TQFT-like) representable functor recovers (colored) Khovanov-Rozansky homology. Novel features of the theory include the introduction of `enhanced' foam facets which fix sign issues associated with the original matrix factorization formulation and the use of skew Howe duality to show that (enhanced) closed foams can be evaluated in a completely combinatorial manner. The latter answers a question posed in math.GT/0708.2228.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1405.5920

zbMATH Keywords

Khovanov-Rozansky homologyskew Howe dualityquantum groupsfoams

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