Representations of the oriented skein category

Abstract

The oriented skein category $OS(z,t)$ is a ribbon category which underpins the definition of the HOMFLY-PT invariant of an oriented link, in the same way that the Temperley-Lieb category underpins the Jones polynomial. In this article, we develop its representation theory using a highest weight theory approach. This allows us to determine the Grothendieck ring of its additive Karoubi envelope for all possible choices of parameters, including the (already well-known) semisimple case, and all non-semisimple situations. Then we construct a graded lift of $OS(z,t)$ by realizing it as a 2-representation of a Kac-Moody 2-category. We also discuss the degenerate analog of $OS(z,t)$, which is the oriented Brauer category $OB(\delta )$.

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