A diagrammatic definition of U_q(sl₂)

2013/08/05 by Stephen Bigelow, Bigelow, Stephen
Mathematics · #17B37 #57M27 #FOS: Mathematics #Geometric Topology (math.GT) #math.GT #msc:17B37 #msc:57M27

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1308.1071

arxiv created 2014/08/07 · arxiv updated 2014/08/11

Abstract

We give a diagrammatic definition of U_q(sl₂) when q is not a root of unity, including its Hopf algebra structure and its relationship with the Temperley-Lieb category.

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