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Irreducible objects in the Gaiotto category at roots of unity

Representation Theory 2026-02-10 v1 Algebraic Geometry

Abstract

A theorem of R. Travkin and R. Yang, initially conjectured by D. Gaiotto, states that for a generic (not a root of unity) qq the category of qq-twisted D-modules on the affine Grassmannian GrGLNGr_{GL_N} which are equivariant with respect to a certain subgroup (defined by a choice of 0M<N0 \le M <N) of GLNGL_N is equivalent to the category of representations of the quantum supergroup Uq(gl(MN))U_q(\mathfrak{gl}(M|N)). We aim to see whether this equivalence should hold when qq is a root of unity. We begin by asking if there is a natural bijection between the sets of irreducible objects. In this note we make an observation that suggests this should be the case: we show that there is a natural bijection between irreducible objects in the Gaiotto category and in the category of representations of a supergroup GL(MN)GL(M|N) in positive characteristic. The proof is based on the version of the Serganova's algorithm formulated by J. Brundan and J. Kujawa in arXiv:math/0210108.

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@article{arxiv.2602.08264,
  title  = {Irreducible objects in the Gaiotto category at roots of unity},
  author = {Aleksandr Popkovich},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2602.08264},
  year   = {2026}
}