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Type $C$ Webs

Representation Theory 2021-03-30 v1 Quantum Algebra

Abstract

We define a C(q)\mathbb{C}(q)-linear pivotal category Web(sp2n)\mathbf{Web}(\mathfrak{sp}_{2n}) and prove that it is equivalent to the full subcategory of finite-dimensional representations of Uq(sp2n)U_q(\mathfrak{sp}_{2n}) tensor-generated by the fundamental representations. This answers the type CC case of the main open problem from Kuperberg's 1996 paper "Spiders for rank 2 Lie algebras" (arXiv:q-alg/9712003).

Cite

@article{arxiv.2103.14997,
  title  = {Type $C$ Webs},
  author = {Elijah Bodish and Ben Elias and David E. V. Rose and Logan Tatham},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2103.14997},
  year   = {2021}
}

Comments

45 pages, many diagrams (some in color)

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