A survey of Heisenberg categorification via graphical calculus

In this expository paper we present an overview of various graphical categorifications of the Heisenberg algebra and its Fock space representation. We begin with a discussion of "weak" categorifications via modules for Hecke algebras and "geometrizations" in terms of the cohomology of the Hilbert scheme. We then turn our attention to more recent "strong" categorifications involving planar diagrammatics and derived categories of coherent sheaves on Hilbert schemes.Comment: 23 pages; v2: Some typos corrected and other minor improvements made; v3: Some small errors corrected; v4: Code corrected to fix problem with missing arrows on some diagram

Towers of graded superalgebras categorify the twisted Heisenberg double

We show that the Grothendieck groups of the categories of finitely-generated graded supermodules and finitely-generated projective graded supermodules over a tower of graded superalgebras satisfying certain natural conditions give rise to twisted Hopf algebras that are twisted dual. Then, using induction and restriction functors coming from such towers, we obtain a categorification of the twisted Heisenberg double and its Fock space representation. We show that towers of wreath product algebras (in particular, the tower of Sergeev superalgebras) and the tower of nilcoxeter graded superalgebras satisfy our axioms. In the latter case, one obtains a categorification of the quantum Weyl algebra.Comment: 29 pages; v2: Minor changes (corrected typos, etc.) throughou

A survey of equivariant map algebras with open problems

This paper presents an overview of the current state of knowledge in the field of equivariant map algebras and discusses some open problems in this area.Comment: 18 pages. v2: Minor correction