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Geometry and categorification

Algebraic Geometry 2022-11-18 v1 Category Theory Representation Theory

Abstract

We describe a number of geometric contexts where categorification appears naturally: coherent sheaves, constructible sheaves and sheaves of modules over quantizations. In each case, we discuss how "index formulas" allow us to easily perform categorical calculations, and readily relate classical constructions of geometric representation theory to categorical ones.

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@article{arxiv.1602.05992,
  title  = {Geometry and categorification},
  author = {Ben Webster},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1602.05992},
  year   = {2022}
}

Comments

23 pages. an expository article to appear in "Perspectives on Categorification."

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