Distinct Steenrod extensions of categorified quantum groups

Let pp be a prime, let A\mathcal{A} be a finite-dimensional sub-Hopf algebra of the Steenrod algebra, and let UAc+\mathcal{U}^{c+}_{\mathcal{A}} be the compact analogue of UA+\mathcal{U}^{+}_{\mathcal{A}}, defined using the natural Steenrod structure. Write U+U^+ for the positive half of the quantum group Uqsl(2)\operatorname{U}_q\mathfrak{sl}(2), and let K0\operatorname{K}_0 denote the Grothendieck group.

K0(UAc+)U+K0(D(k,A)).\operatorname{K}_0(\mathcal{U}^{c+}_{\mathcal{A}}) \cong U^+ \otimes \operatorname{K}_0(\mathcal{D}(k,\mathcal{A})).

Distinct-extension conjecture. Any such extension decategorifies an extension of the ground field as above, and if A\mathcal{A} and A\mathcal{A}' are distinct sub-Hopf algebras, then the corresponding extensions are not equivalent as categories:

A≇AUA≇UA.\mathcal{A} \not\cong \mathcal{A}' \Rightarrow \mathcal{U}_{\mathcal{A}} \not\cong \mathcal{U}_{\mathcal{A}'}.

This predicts that the compact categorifications retain enough information to distinguish the underlying Steenrod extensions. The supplied text does not establish the claim or give evidence resolving its status.

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Anna Beliakova and Benjamin Cooper, “Steenrod Structures on Categorified Quantum Groups”, arXiv:1304.7152 (2013).

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