Center of the category $\mathcal{O}$ for a hybrid quantum group
Quan Situ
TL;DR
The paper proves that the center Z(O) of the category O for a hybrid quantum group U^hb_ζ at a root of unity is isomorphic to the completed cohomology H^•(Gr^ζ)^∧ of the ζ-fixed locus in the affine Grassmannian, extending a deformed version from prior work. It further establishes an abelian equivalence for the Steinberg block O^{[-ρ]} with Coh^G(T^*(G/B)) by passing to a central extension at q=1 and employing the Arkhipov–Bezrukavnikov–Ginzburg correspondence. The principal and singular blocks are analyzed via translation functors and trace constructions, allowing the transfer of center information across blocks and yielding isomorphisms with the corresponding flag-variety cohomologies. Collectively, these results unify algebraic centers of quantum-group categorical representations with geometric objects on affine Grassmannians and Springer resolutions, enriching the geometric representation-theory framework for quantum groups at roots of unity.
Abstract
We establish an algebra isomorphism between the center of the category $\mathcal{O}$ for a hybrid quantum group at a root of unity $ζ$ and the cohomology of $ζ$-fixed locus on affine Grassmannian. A deformed version of this isomorphism was established in the previous paper of the author. For the Steinberg block of $\mathcal{O}$, we construct an abelian equivalence to the category of equivariant sheaves on the Springer resolution.
