23–26 May 2014
Buehler Alumni Center
US/Pacific timezone

Categorification of quantum groups at a prime root of unity.

23 May 2014, 11:15
45m
Alpha Gamma Rho Room (Buehler Alumni Center)

Alpha Gamma Rho Room

Buehler Alumni Center

University of California, Davis, CA 95616. USA

Speaker

Prof. Mikhail Khovanov (Colombia)

Description

Upon categorification quantum parameter q becomes a grading shift. Root of unity requires a tricker setup, involving p-complexes and characteristic p. We will explain the construction, some results and conjectures for categorification of quantum groups, when the order of q is a prime number.

Primary author

Prof. Mikhail Khovanov (Colombia)

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