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A skein relation for singular Soergel bimodules

Quantum Algebra 2021-07-20 v1 Geometric Topology Representation Theory

Abstract

We study the skein relation that governs the HOMFLYPT invariant of links colored by one-column Young diagrams. Our main result is a categorification of this colored skein relation. This takes the form of a homotopy equivalence between two one-sided twisted complexes constructed from Rickard complexes of singular Soergel bimodules associated to braided webs. Along the way, we prove a conjecture of Beliakova--Habiro relating the colored 2-strand full twist complex with the categorical ribbon element for quantum sl2\mathfrak{sl}_2.

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@article{arxiv.2107.08117,
  title  = {A skein relation for singular Soergel bimodules},
  author = {Matthew Hogancamp and David E. V. Rose and Paul Wedrich},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2107.08117},
  year   = {2021}
}

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34 pages, many diagrams

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