Trace and categorical sl(n) representations

Abstract

Khovanov-Lauda define a 2-category $\mathcal{U}$ such that the split Grothendieck group $K_0(\mathcal{U})$ is isomorphic to an integral version of the quantized universal enveloping algebra $\mathbf{U}({\mathfrak{sl}}_n)$, $n\ge 2$. Beliakova-Habiro-Lauda-Webster prove that the trace decategorification of the Khovanov-Lauda 2-category is isomorphic to the the current algebra $\mathbf{U}({\mathfrak{sl}}_n[t])$ - the universal enveloping algebra of the Lie algebra ${\mathfrak{sl}}_n\otimes \mathbb{C}[t]$. A 2-representation of $\mathcal{U}$ is a 2-functor from $\mathcal{U}$ to a linear, additive 2-category. In this note we are interested in the 2-representation, defined by Khovanov-Lauda using bimodules over cohomology rings of flag varieties. This 2-representation induces an action of the current algebra $\mathbf{U}({\mathfrak{sl}}_n[t])$ on the cohomology rings. We explicitly compute the action of $\mathbf{U}({\mathfrak{sl}}_n[t])$ generators using the trace functor. It turns out that the obtained current algebra module is related to another family of $\mathbf{U}({\mathfrak{sl}}_n[t])$-modules, called local Weyl modules. Using known results about the cohomology rings, we are able to provide a new proof of the character formula for the local Weyl modules.

arXiv commentThis a part of author's phd thesis

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