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Gl2 Foam Functoriality and Skein Positivity

Quantum Algebra 2022-09-20 v1 Geometric Topology Representation Theory

Abstract

We prove full functoriality of Khovanov homology for tangled framed gl2 webs. We use this functoriality result to prove a strong positivity result for (orientable) surface skein algebras. The argument goes categorical and consists in proving that so-called linear complexes are stable under superposition.

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@article{arxiv.2209.08794,
  title  = {Gl2 Foam Functoriality and Skein Positivity},
  author = {Hoel Queffelec},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2209.08794},
  year   = {2022}
}

Comments

71 pages. Preliminary version, comments welcome!

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