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Categorification: tangle invariants and TQFTs

Catharina Stroppel
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Based on different views on the Jones polynomial we review representation theoretic categorified link and tangle invariants. We unify them in a common combinatorial framework and connect them via the theory of Soergel bimodules. The influence of these categorifications on the development of 2-representation theory and the interaction between topological invariants and 2-categorical structures is discussed. Finally, we indicate how categorified representations of quantum groups on the one hand and monoidal 2-categories of Soergel bimodules on the other hand might lead to new interesting 4-dimensional TQFTs.

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Catharina Stroppel. 2022-07-11. Categorification: tangle invariants and TQFTs. https://arxiv.org/abs/2207.05139

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