Categorification and Higher Representation Theory
Categorification and Higher Representation Theory

Author: Anna Beliakova

Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.

Published: 2017-02-21

Total Pages: 376

ISBN-13: 1470424606

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The emergent mathematical philosophy of categorification is reshaping our view of modern mathematics by uncovering a hidden layer of structure in mathematics, revealing richer and more robust structures capable of describing more complex phenomena. Categorified representation theory, or higher representation theory, aims to understand a new level of structure present in representation theory. Rather than studying actions of algebras on vector spaces where algebra elements act by linear endomorphisms of the vector space, higher representation theory describes the structure present when algebras act on categories, with algebra elements acting by functors. The new level of structure in higher representation theory arises by studying the natural transformations between functors. This enhanced perspective brings into play a powerful new set of tools that deepens our understanding of traditional representation theory. This volume exhibits some of the current trends in higher representation theory and the diverse techniques that are being employed in this field with the aim of showcasing the many applications of higher representation theory. The companion volume (Contemporary Mathematics, Volume 684) is devoted to categorification in geometry, topology, and physics.

Knot Invariants and Higher Representation Theory
Knot Invariants and Higher Representation Theory

Author: Ben Webster

Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.

Published: 2018-01-16

Total Pages: 154

ISBN-13: 1470426501

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The author constructs knot invariants categorifying the quantum knot variants for all representations of quantum groups. He shows that these invariants coincide with previous invariants defined by Khovanov for sl and sl and by Mazorchuk-Stroppel and Sussan for sl . The author's technique is to study 2-representations of 2-quantum groups (in the sense of Rouquier and Khovanov-Lauda) categorifying tensor products of irreducible representations. These are the representation categories of certain finite dimensional algebras with an explicit diagrammatic presentation, generalizing the cyclotomic quotient of the KLR algebra. When the Lie algebra under consideration is sl , the author shows that these categories agree with certain subcategories of parabolic category for gl .

Categorification in Geometry, Topology, and Physics
Categorification in Geometry, Topology, and Physics

Author: Anna Beliakova

Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.

Published: 2017-02-21

Total Pages: 282

ISBN-13: 1470428210

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The emergent mathematical philosophy of categorification is reshaping our view of modern mathematics by uncovering a hidden layer of structure in mathematics, revealing richer and more robust structures capable of describing more complex phenomena. Categorification is a powerful tool for relating various branches of mathematics and exploiting the commonalities between fields. It provides a language emphasizing essential features and allowing precise relationships between vastly different fields. This volume focuses on the role categorification plays in geometry, topology, and physics. These articles illustrate many important trends for the field including geometric representation theory, homotopical methods in link homology, interactions between higher representation theory and gauge theory, and double affine Hecke algebra approaches to link homology. The companion volume (Contemporary Mathematics, Volume 683) is devoted to categorification and higher representation theory.

Extended Graphical Calculus for Categorified Quantum sl(2)
Extended Graphical Calculus for Categorified Quantum sl(2)

Author: Mikhail Khovanov

Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 100

ISBN-13: 082188977X

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In an earlier paper, Aaron D. Lauda constructed a categorification of the Beilinson-Lusztig-MacPherson form of the quantum sl(2); here he, Khovanov, Marco Mackaay, and Marko Stosic enhance the graphical calculus he introduced to include two-morphisms between divided powers one-morphisms and their compositions. They obtain explicit diagrammatical formulas for the decomposition of products of divided powers one-morphisms as direct sums of indecomposable one-morphisms, which are in a bijection with the Lusztig canonical basis elements. Their results show that one of Lauda's main results holds when the 2-category is defined over the ring of integers rather than over a field. The study is not indexed. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).

Higher Genus Curves in Mathematical Physics and Arithmetic Geometry
Higher Genus Curves in Mathematical Physics and Arithmetic Geometry

Author: Andreas Malmendier

Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.

Published: 2018-04-03

Total Pages: 234

ISBN-13: 1470428563

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This volume contains the proceedings of the AMS Special Session on Higher Genus Curves and Fibrations in Mathematical Physics and Arithmetic Geometry, held on January 8, 2016, in Seattle, Washington. Algebraic curves and their fibrations have played a major role in both mathematical physics and arithmetic geometry. This volume focuses on the role of higher genus curves; in particular, hyperelliptic and superelliptic curves in algebraic geometry and mathematical physics. The articles in this volume investigate the automorphism groups of curves and superelliptic curves and results regarding integral points on curves and their applications in mirror symmetry. Moreover, geometric subjects are addressed, such as elliptic 3 surfaces over the rationals, the birational type of Hurwitz spaces, and links between projective geometry and abelian functions.

Modern Trends in Algebra and Representation Theory
Modern Trends in Algebra and Representation Theory

Author: David Jordan

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2023-08-17

Total Pages: 407

ISBN-13: 1009097350

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Expanding upon the material delivered during the LMS Autumn Algebra School 2020, this volume reflects the fruitful connections between different aspects of representation theory. Each survey article addresses a specific subject from a modern angle, beginning with an exploration of the representation theory of associative algebras, followed by the coverage of important developments in Lie theory in the past two decades, before the final sections introduce the reader to three strikingly different aspects of group theory. Written at a level suitable for graduate students and researchers in related fields, this book provides pure mathematicians with a springboard into the vast and growing literature in each area.

Representation Theory of Finite Groups: a Guidebook
Representation Theory of Finite Groups: a Guidebook

Author: David A. Craven

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2019-08-30

Total Pages: 297

ISBN-13: 3030217922

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This book provides an accessible introduction to the state of the art of representation theory of finite groups. Starting from a basic level that is summarized at the start, the book proceeds to cover topics of current research interest, including open problems and conjectures. The central themes of the book are block theory and module theory of group representations, which are comprehensively surveyed with a full bibliography. The individual chapters cover a range of topics within the subject, from blocks with cyclic defect groups to representations of symmetric groups. Assuming only modest background knowledge at the level of a first graduate course in algebra, this guidebook, intended for students taking first steps in the field, will also provide a reference for more experienced researchers. Although no proofs are included, end-of-chapter exercises make it suitable for student seminars.

Geometric Representation Theory and Gauge Theory
Geometric Representation Theory and Gauge Theory

Author: Alexander Braverman

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2019-11-22

Total Pages: 137

ISBN-13: 303026856X

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This book offers a review of the vibrant areas of geometric representation theory and gauge theory, which are characterized by a merging of traditional techniques in representation theory with the use of powerful tools from algebraic geometry, and with strong inputs from physics. The notes are based on lectures delivered at the CIME school "Geometric Representation Theory and Gauge Theory" held in Cetraro, Italy, in June 2018. They comprise three contributions, due to Alexander Braverman and Michael Finkelberg, Andrei Negut, and Alexei Oblomkov, respectively. Braverman and Finkelberg’s notes review the mathematical theory of the Coulomb branch of 3D N=4 quantum gauge theories. The purpose of Negut’s notes is to study moduli spaces of sheaves on a surface, as well as Hecke correspondences between them. Oblomkov's notes concern matrix factorizations and knot homology. This book will appeal to both mathematicians and theoretical physicists and will be a source of inspiration for PhD students and researchers.

Representations of Algebras
Representations of Algebras

Author: Graham J. Leuschke

Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.

Published: 2018

Total Pages: 294

ISBN-13: 1470435764

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Contains the proceedings of the 17th Workshop and International Conference on Representations of Algebras (ICRA 2016), held in August 2016, at Syracuse University. This volume includes three survey articles based on short courses in the areas of commutative algebraic groups, modular group representation theory, and thick tensor ideals of bounded derived categories.

Representation Theory and Complex Geometry
Representation Theory and Complex Geometry

Author: Neil Chriss

Publisher: Birkhauser

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 495

ISBN-13: 0817637923

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This volume provides an overview of modern advances in representation theory from a geometric standpoint. The techniques developed are quite general and can be applied to other areas such as quantum groups, affine Lie groups, and quantum field theory.