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arXiv:math/0002060 (math)
[Submitted on 8 Feb 2000 (v1), last revised 3 Jul 2001 (this version, v2)]

Title:A category for the adjoint representation

Authors:Ruth Stella Huerfano, Mikhail Khovanov
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Abstract: We construct an abelian category C and exact functors in C which on the Grothendieck group descend to the action of a simply-laced quantum group in its adjoint representation. The braid group action in the adjoint representation lifts to an action in the derived category of C. The category C is the direct sum of a semisimple category and the category of modules over a certain algebra A, associated to a Dynkin diagram. In the second half of the paper we show how these algebras appear in the modular representation theory and in the McKay correspondence and explore their relationship with root systems.
Comments: latex file + 4 eps files with figures; several mistakes found in the original version were corrected, in particular propositions 16-18 required additional assumption of binary G
Subjects: Quantum Algebra (math.QA); Algebraic Geometry (math.AG); Representation Theory (math.RT)
MSC classes: 20G42
Cite as: arXiv:math/0002060 [math.QA]
  (or arXiv:math/0002060v2 [math.QA] for this version)
  https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.math/0002060
Journal reference: Journal of Algebra, 246 (2001), no. 2, 514--542

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From: Mikhail Khovanov [view email]
[v1] Tue, 8 Feb 2000 22:51:48 UTC (28 KB)
[v2] Tue, 3 Jul 2001 04:10:11 UTC (30 KB)
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