A functor for constructing R$R$‐matrices in the category O$\mathcal {O}$ of Borel quantum loop algebras

Abstract

AbstractWe tackle the problem of constructing ‐matrices for the category associated to the Borel subalgebra of an arbitrary untwisted quantum loop algebra . For this, we define an invertible exact functor from the category linked to to the one linked to . This functor is compatible with tensor products, preserves irreducibility, and interchanges the subcategories and of Hernandez and Leclerc (Algebra Number Theory 10 (2016) 2015–2052). We construct ‐matrices for by applying on the braidings already found for by Hernandez (Represent. Theory 26 (2022) 179–210). We also use the factorization of the latter intertwiners in terms of stable maps to deduce an analogous factorization for our new braidings. We finally obtain as byproducts new relations for the Grothendieck ring as well as a functorial interpretation of a remarkable ring isomorphism of Hernandez–Leclerc.