2022/05/12 by Roman Bezrukavnikov, Pablo Boixeda Alvarez, Bezrukavnikov, Roman +5
Mathematics · #Advanced Algebra and Geometry #Advanced Topics in Algebra #Algebraic structures and combinatorial models #FOS: Mathematics #Quantum Algebra (math.QA) #Representation Theory (math.RT)
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2205.05951
openalex publication_date 2022/05/12 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
We propose a new geometric model for the center of the small quantum group using the cohomology of certain affine Springer fibers. More precisely, we establish an isomorphism between the equivariant cohomology of affine Spaltenstein fibers for a split element and the center of the deformed graded modules for the small quantum group. We also obtain an embedding from the invariant part of the nonequivariant cohomology under the action of the extended affine Weyl group to the invariant part of the center of the small quantum group under Langlands dual group action, which we conjecture to be an isomorphism. Finally, we give a dimension formula for the invariants on the cohomology side, thus providing a lower bound for the dimension of the center.