Categorification: tangle invariants and TQFTs
Abstract
Based on different views on the Jones polynomial we review representation theoretic categorified link and tangle invariants. We unify them in a common combinatorial framework and connect them via the theory of Soergel bimodules. The influence of these categorifications on the development of 2-representation theory and the interaction between topological invariants and 2-categorical structures is discussed. Finally, we indicate how categorified representations of quantum groups on the one hand and monoidal 2-categories of Soergel bimodules on the other hand might lead to new interesting 4-dimensional TQFTs.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2207.05139,
title = {Categorification: tangle invariants and TQFTs},
author = {Catharina Stroppel},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2207.05139},
year = {2022}
}
Comments
To appear in Proceedings of the ICM 2022. The ICM talk addresses Conjecture 3.8 and formulates the crucial main theorem which allows to settle this conjecture