A categorification of quantum sl(2)

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Abstract: We categorify Lusztig's version of the quantized enveloping algebra for sl(2). Using a graphical calculus a 2-category is constructed whose split Grothendieck ring is isomorphic to Lusztig's algebra. The indecomposable morphisms of this 2-category lift Lusztig's canonical basis, and the Homs between 1-morphisms are graded lifts of a semilinear form defined on quantum sl(2). Graded lifts of various homomorphisms and antihomomorphisms of Lusztig's algebra arise naturally in the context of our graphical calculus. Using iterated flag varieties, a representation of the 2-category is constructed for each positive integer N. This representation categorifies the irreducible (N+1)-dimensional representation of quantum sl(2).


The author categorifies Lusztig's algebra \(\dot{\mathbf U}\) -- a version of the quantized enveloping algebra \({\mathbf U}_q(\mathfrak{sl}_2)\). He constructs a 2-category \(\dot{\mathcal U}\) such that the split Grothendieck ring \(K_0(\dot{\mathcal U})\) is isomorphic to \(\dot{\mathbf U}\) and shows that the indecomposable 1-morphisms of \(\dot{\mathcal U}\) with no shift correspond to elements in Lusztig's canonical basis. The Homs between 1-morphisms are graded lifts of a semilinear form defined on \(\dot{\mathbf U}\). For each positive integer \(N\) a representation of \(\dot{\mathcal U}\) is constructed using iterated flag varieties that categorifies the irreducible \((N+1)\)-dimensional representation of \(\dot{\mathbf U}\).



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