A categorification of the ribbon element in quantum sl(2)
Quantum Algebra
2013-04-30 v1
Abstract
We define a bicomplex whose Euler characteristic is the idempotented version of the ribbon element of quantum sl(2). We show that properties of this bicomplex descend to the centrality, invertibility and symmetries of the ribbon element after decategorification.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1304.7585,
title = {A categorification of the ribbon element in quantum sl(2)},
author = {Anna Beliakova and Kazuo Habiro},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1304.7585},
year = {2013}
}
Comments
34 pages, xypic figures