How to categorify quantum sl(2) and its finite dimensional representations?

Series
Geometry Topology Seminar
Time
Wednesday, October 12, 2011 - 2:00pm for 1 hour (actually 50 minutes)
Location
Skiles 005
Speaker
A. Beliakova – University of Zurich
Organizer
Thang Le
I will explain in details starting with the basics, how the bimodules over some polynomial rings (cohomology of grasmanians) categorify the irreducible representations of sl(2) or U_q(sl(2).The main goal is to give an introduction to categorification theory. The talk will be accessible to graduate students.