Curves in the disc, the type B braid group, and the type B zigzag algebra
Abstract
We construct a finite dimensional quiver algebra from the non-simply laced type Dynkin diagram, which we call the type zigzag algebra. This leads to a faithful categorical action of the type braid group , acting on the homotopy category of its projective modules. This categorical action is also closely related to the topological action of , viewed as mapping class group of the punctured disc -- hence our exposition can be seen as a type analogue of Khovanov-Seidel's work in arXiv:math/0006056v2. Moreover, we show that certain category of bimodules over our type zigzag algebra is a quotient category of Soergel bimodules, resulting in an alternative proof to Rouquier's conjecture on the faithfulness of the 2-braid groups for type .
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@article{arxiv.1911.12955,
title = {Curves in the disc, the type B braid group, and the type B zigzag algebra},
author = {Edmund Heng and Kie Seng Nge},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1911.12955},
year = {2023}
}
Comments
63 pages. Main changes (other than typos) following referee suggestions: removed the connection to Soergel bimodules (to be published separately); fixed a mistake in lemma 2.2. To appear in Quantum Topology