2020/02/20 by Matthew Hogancamp, Hogancamp, Matthew · 1 citation
Mathematics · #Advanced Topics in Algebra #Algebraic Topology (math.AT) #Algebraic structures and combinatorial models #FOS: Mathematics #Homotopy and Cohomology in Algebraic Topology #Quantum Algebra (math.QA)
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2002.08905
openalex publication_date 2020/02/20 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
We give a general construction of categorical idempotents which recovers the categorified Jones-Wenzl projectors, categorified Young symmetrizers, and other constructions as special cases. The construction is intimately tied to cell theory in the sense of additive monoidal categories.