A categorification of quantum
Mikhail Khovanov
Columbia University, New York, USAAaron D. Lauda
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, United States
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Abstract
To an arbitrary root datum we associate a 2-category. For root datum corresponding to sl(n) we show that this 2-category categorifies the idempotented form of the quantum enveloping algebra.
Cite this article
Mikhail Khovanov, Aaron D. Lauda, A categorification of quantum . Quantum Topol. 1 (2010), no. 1, pp. 1–92
DOI 10.4171/QT/1