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Odd Khovanov's arc algebra

Quantum Algebra 2017-06-07 v3

Abstract

We construct an odd version of Khovanov's arc algebra HnH^n. Extending the center to elements that anticommute, we get a subalgebra that is isomorphic to the oddification of the cohomology of the (n,n)(n,n)-Springer varieties. We also prove that the odd arc algebra can be twisted into an associative algebra.

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@article{arxiv.1604.05246,
  title  = {Odd Khovanov's arc algebra},
  author = {Grégoire Naisse and Pedro Vaz},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1604.05246},
  year   = {2017}
}

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34 pages. v3 with new subsection "proof of theorem 4.1" giving more details on the proof of this result and a bunch of miscellaneous corrections

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