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Blob algebra and two-color Soergel calculus

Representation Theory 2019-04-18 v1

Abstract

In 2003, Martin and Woodcock noticed a connection between the representation theory of the blob algebra and the Kazhdan--Lusztig polynomials associated with the infinite dihedral group. However, no conceptual explanation for this coincidence has yet been provided. In this study, a possible explanation of this phenomenon is suggested by enunciating a conjecture that relates the endomorphism algebra of Bott--Samelson bimodules to certain subalgebras of the blob algebra obtained by idempotent truncation. Evidence supporting this conjecture is provided.

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@article{arxiv.1904.08346,
  title  = {Blob algebra and two-color Soergel calculus},
  author = {Jorge Espinoza and David Plaza},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1904.08346},
  year   = {2019}
}

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Best viewed in color. Final version to appear in Journal of pure and applied algebra

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