A Kohno--Drinfeld Theorem for iquantum Weyl groups

Abstract

We prove that two finite-dimensional linear representations of the braid group are isomorphic. One representation comes from the monodromy of the boundary Casimir connection, and the other comes from the $\iota$quantum Weyl group. Both representations are defined for any split symmetric pair $\mathfrak{k}\subset \mathfrak{g}$ and for any integrable representation of $\mathfrak{k}$. Our proof uses $(O_m,{\mathfrak{so}}_{2n})$ spin Howe duality, so it is only for the pair ${\mathfrak{so}}_m\subset {\mathfrak{sl}}_m$.

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