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Curves in the disc, the type B braid group, and the type B zigzag algebra

Geometric Topology 2023-02-22 v4 Quantum Algebra Representation Theory

Abstract

We construct a finite dimensional quiver algebra from the non-simply laced type BB Dynkin diagram, which we call the type BB zigzag algebra. This leads to a faithful categorical action of the type BB braid group A(B)\mathcal{A}(B), acting on the homotopy category of its projective modules. This categorical action is also closely related to the topological action of A(B)\mathcal{A}(B), viewed as mapping class group of the punctured disc -- hence our exposition can be seen as a type BB analogue of Khovanov-Seidel's work in arXiv:math/0006056v2. Moreover, we show that certain category of bimodules over our type BB 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 BB.

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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