The zigzag braid complexes on the graded Grothendieck group #
The braid complex B_i = [U_i ⟶ Z] of the zigzag algebra Z, with U_i = P_i ⊗_k e_i Z in
cohomological degree -1, sends the graded vertex projective P_j to a two-term complex of
finite graded projectives. Its Euler class in the Laurent Grothendieck group K₀^gr(proj Z) is
[Z ⊗_Z P_j] - [U_i ⊗_Z P_j] = [P_j] - C_{ij}(q) [P_i],
where C_{ij}(q) is the graded Cartan entry: 1 + q² on the diagonal, q on edges and 0
otherwise. This is the deformed simple reflection SimpleGraph.deformedReflection at the unit
q, written in the basis of vertex-projective classes. Hence the Artin group of the graph acts
on K₀^gr(proj Z) with the standard generator σ_i acting by the Euler class of B_i, and this
action is conjugate, through the vertex-projective coordinates, to the deformed reflection
representation SimpleGraph.deformedReflectionRepresentation.
At q = -1 the deformed reflections are the standard simple reflections of the graph Cartan
matrix 2I - A (SimpleGraph.deformedReflection_neg_one).
Main definitions #
TauCeti.zigzagBraidK0Action: the action of the Artin group of the graph onK₀^gr(proj Z)by deformed reflections in the vertex-projective basis.
Main results #
TauCeti.laurentK0_of_zigzagBraidProjectiveTensor:[U_i ⊗_Z P_j] = C_{ij}(q) [P_i].TauCeti.laurentK0_of_zigzagBraidProjectiveUnitTensor:[Z ⊗_Z P_j] = [P_j].TauCeti.zigzagBraidK0Action_gen_zigzagAlgebraGradedProjectiveClass: the standard generatorσ_isends[P_j]to the Euler class[Z ⊗_Z P_j] - [U_i ⊗_Z P_j]ofB_i ⊗_Z P_j.
References #
- R. S. Huerfano and M. Khovanov, A category for the adjoint representation, Section 4.6.
- M. Khovanov and P. Seidel, Quivers, Floer cohomology, and braid group actions, Section 2e.
The terms of B_i ⊗_Z P_j are finite graded projectives #
The degree -1 term U_i ⊗_Z P_j of B_i ⊗_Z P_j is a finite graded projective.
The degree 0 term Z ⊗_Z P_j of B_i ⊗_Z P_j is a finite graded projective.
Their classes #
[Z ⊗_Z P_j] = [P_j] in K₀^gr(proj Z).
[U_i ⊗_Z P_j] = C_{ij}(q) [P_i] in K₀^gr(proj Z), where C_{ij}(q) is the deformed
Cartan entry 1 + q², q or 0 at q = T 1.
The Artin group action #
The action of the graph's Artin group on K₀^gr(proj Z). The standard generator at i
acts by the deformed simple reflection at q, in the basis of vertex-projective classes; by
TauCeti.zigzagBraidK0Action_gen_zigzagAlgebraGradedProjectiveClass it sends [P_j] to the
Euler class of the braid complex B_i ⊗_Z P_j.
Instances For
The standard generator at i acts by the deformed reflection at q in vertex-projective
coordinates.
The braid complex acts on K₀^gr(proj Z) by its Euler class: the standard generator at
i sends [P_j] to [Z ⊗_Z P_j] - [U_i ⊗_Z P_j], the Euler class of B_i ⊗_Z P_j, whose
terms sit in cohomological degrees 0 and -1.