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W-algebras from Heisenberg categories

Quantum Algebra 2019-09-16 v1 Representation Theory

Abstract

The trace (or zeroth Hochschild homology) of Khovanov's Heisenberg category is identified with a quotient of the algebra W_{1+\infty}. This induces an action of W_{1+\infty} on symmetric functions.

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@article{arxiv.1501.00589,
  title  = {W-algebras from Heisenberg categories},
  author = {Sabin Cautis and Aaron D. Lauda and Anthony M. Licata and Joshua Sussan},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1501.00589},
  year   = {2019}
}

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31 pages, tikz diagrams