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Sabin Cautis

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arXiv2014

Derived Reid's recipe for abelian subgroups of SL3(C)

For any finite subgroup G in SL3(C), work of Bridgeland-King-Reid constructs an equivalence between the G-equivariant derived category of C^3 and the derived category of the crepant resolution Y = G-Hilb(C^3) of C^3/G. When G is abelian we show that this equivalence gives a natural correspondence between irreducible representations of G and certain sheaves on exceptional subvarieties of Y, thereby extending the McKay correspondence from two to three dimensions. This categorifies Reid's recipe and extends earlier work from [CL09] and [Log10] which dealt only with the case when C^3/G has one isolated singularity.

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arXiv2014

Vertex operators and 2-representations of quantum affine algebras

We construct 2-representations of quantum affine algebras from 2-representations of quantum Heisenberg algebras. The main tool in this construction are categorical vertex operators, which are certain complexes in a Heisenberg 2-representation that recover vertex operators after passing to the Grothendieck group. As an application we categorify the Frenkel-Kac-Segal homogeneous realization of the basic representation of (simply laced) quantum affine algebras. This gives rise to categorical actions of quantum affine (and toroidal) algebras on derived categories of coherent sheaves on Hilbert schemes of points of ALE spaces.

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arXiv2014

Clasp technology to knot homology via the affine Grassmannian

We categorify all the Reshetikhin-Turaev tangle invariants of type A. Our main tool is a categorification of the generalized Jones-Wenzl projectors (a.k.a. clasps) as infinite twists. Applying this to certain convolution product varieties on the affine Grassmannian we extend our earlier work with Kamnitzer from standard to arbitrary representations.

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arXiv2014

Rigidity in higher representation theory

We describe a categorical g action, called a (g,theta) action, which is easier to check in practice. Most categorical g actions can be shown to be of this form. The main result is that a (g,theta) action carries actions of quiver Hecke algebras (KLR algebras). We discuss applications of this fact to categorical vertex operators, affine Grassmannians (or Nakajima quiver varieties) and to homological knot invariants.

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arXiv2014

Implicit structure in 2-representations of quantum groups

Given a strong 2-representation of a Kac-Moody Lie algebra (in the sense of Rouquier) we show how to extend it to a 2-representation of categorified quantum groups (in the sense of Khovanov-Lauda). This involves checking certain extra 2-relations which are explicit in the definition by Khovanov-Lauda and, as it turns out, implicit in Rouquier's definition. Some applications are also discussed.

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arXiv2014

Webs and quantum skew Howe duality

We give a diagrammatic presentation in terms of generators mod relations of the representation category of $U_q(\mathfrak{sl}_n)$. More precisely, we produce all the relations among $\rm{SL}_n$-webs, thus describing the full subcategory tensor-generated by fundamental representations $\bigwedge^k \mathbb{C}^n$ (this subcategory can be idempotent completed to recover the entire representation category). Our result answers a question posed by Kuperberg [arXiv:q-alg/9712003] and affirms conjectures of Kim [arXiv:math.QA/0310143] and Morrison [arXiv:0704.1503]. Our main tool is an application of quantum skew Howe duality.

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arXiv2013

The solvable monodromy extension property and varieties of log general type

We speculate on the relationship between the solvable monodromy extension (SME) property and log canonical models. A motivating example is the moduli space of smooth curves which, by earlier work, is known to have this SME property. In this case the maximal SME compactification is the moduli space of stable nodal curves which coincides with its log canonical model.

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arXiv2012

Flops and about: a guide

Stratified flops show up in the birational geometry of symplectic varieties such as resolutions of nilpotent orbits and moduli spaces of sheaves. Constructing derived equivalences between varieties related by such flops is, strangely enough, related to areas in representation theory and knot homology. In this paper we discuss how to construct such equivalences, explain the main tool for doing this (categorical Lie algebra actions) and comment on various related topics.

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arXiv2012

Loop realizations of quantum affine algebras

We give a simplified description of quantum affine algebras in their loop presentation. This description is related to Drinfeld's new realization via halves of vertex operators. We also define an idempotent version of the quantum affine algebra which is suitable for categorification.

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arXiv2012

Braid group actions via categorified Heisenberg complexes

We construct categorical braid group actions from 2-representations of a Heisenberg algebra. These actions are induced by certain complexes which generalize spherical (Seidel-Thomas) twists and are reminiscent of the Rickard complexes defined by Chuang-Rouquier. Conjecturally, one can relate our complexes to Rickard complexes using categorical vertex operators.

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arXiv2012

A derived approach to geometric McKay correspondence in dimension three

We propose a three dimensional generalization of the geometric McKay correspondence described by Gonzales-Sprinberg and Verdier in dimension two. We work it out in detail when G is abelian and C^3/G has a single isolated singularity. More precisely, we show that the Bridgeland-King-Reid derived category equivalence induces a natural geometric correspondence between irreducible representations of G and subschemes of the exceptional set of G-Hilb (C^3). This correspondence appears to be related to Reid's recipe.

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arXiv2011

Heisenberg categorification and Hilbert schemes

Given a finite subgroup G of SL(2,C) we define an additive 2-category H^G whose Grothendieck group is isomorphic to an integral form of the Heisenberg algebra. We construct an action of H^G on derived categories of coherent sheaves on Hilbert schemes of points on the minimal resolutions of C^2/G.

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arXiv2011

Braiding via geometric Lie algebra actions

We introduce the idea of a geometric categorical Lie algebra action on derived categories of coherent sheaves. The main result is that such an action induces an action of the braid group associated to the Lie algebra. The same proof shows that strong categorical actions in the sense of Khovanov-Lauda and Rouquier also lead to braid group actions. As an example, we construct a braid group action on derived categories of coherent sheaves on cotangent bundles to partial flag varieties.

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arXiv2011

Equivalences and stratified flops

We construct natural equivalences between derived categories of coherent sheaves on the local models for stratified Mukai or Atiyah flops (of type A).

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arXiv2011

Coherent Sheaves on Quiver Varieties and Categorification

We construct geometric categorical Lie algebra actions on the derived category of coherent sheaves on Nakajima quiver varieties. These actions categorify Nakajima's construction of Kac-Moody algebra representations on the K-theory of quiver varieties. We define an induced affine braid group action on these derived categories.

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arXiv2009

Categorical geometric skew Howe duality

We categorify the R-matrix isomorphism between tensor products of minuscule representations of U_q(sl(n)) by constructing an equivalence between the derived categories of coherent sheaves on the corresponding convolution products in the affine Grassmannian. The main step in the construction is a categorification of representations of U_q(sl(2)) which are related to representations of U_q(sl(n)) by quantum skew Howe duality. The resulting equivalence is part of the program of algebro-geometric categorification of Reshitikhin-Turaev tangle invariants developed by the first two authors.

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arXiv2009

Coherent sheaves and categorical sl(2) actions

We introduce the concept of a geometric categorical sl(2) action and relate it to that of a strong categorical sl(2) action. The latter is a special kind of 2-representation in the sense of Rouquier. The main result is that a geometric categorical sl(2) action induces a strong categorical sl(2) action. This allows one to apply the theory of strong sl(2) actions to various geometric situations. Our main example is the construction of a geometric categorical sl(2) action on the derived category of coherent sheaves on cotangent bundles of Grassmannians.

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