Trace and categorical sl(n) representations

arXiv1703.05968MaRDI QIDQ6284449FDOQ6284449

Authors: Zaur Guliyev 

Publication date: 17 March 2017

Abstract: Khovanov-Lauda define a 2-category $mathcalU$ such that the split Grothendieck group $K_0(mathcalU)$ is isomorphic to an integral version of the quantized universal enveloping algebra $mathbfU(mathfrak{sl}_n)$, $ngeq2$. Beliakova-Habiro-Lauda-Webster prove that the trace decategorification of the Khovanov-Lauda 2-category is isomorphic to the the current algebra $mathbfU(mathfrak{sl}_n[t])$ - the universal enveloping algebra of the Lie algebra $mathfrak{sl}_{n}otimesmathbbC[t]$. A 2-representation of $,mathcalU$ is a 2-functor from $mathcalU$ to a linear, additive 2-category. In this note we are interested in the 2-representation, defined by Khovanov-Lauda using bimodules over cohomology rings of flag varieties. This 2-representation induces an action of the current algebra $mathbfU(mathfrak{sl}_n[t])$ on the cohomology rings. We explicitly compute the action of $mathbfU(mathfrak{sl}_n[t])$ generators using the trace functor. It turns out that the obtained current algebra module is related to another family of $mathbfU(mathfrak{sl}_n[t])$-modules, called local Weyl modules. Using known results about the cohomology rings, we are able to provide a new proof of the character formula for the local Weyl modules.

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