A GEOMETRIC REALIZATION OF THE CENTRE OF THE SMALL QUANTUM GROUP
Roman Bezrukavnikov, Pablo Boixeda Alvarez, Peng Shan, Eric VasserotAbstract
We propose a new geometric model for the centre of the small quantum group using the cohomology of certain affine Springer fibres. More precisely, we establish an isomorphism between the equivariant cohomology of affine Spaltenstein fibres for a split element and the centre of the deformed graded modules for the small quantum group. We also obtain an embedding from the invariant part of the non-equivariant cohomology under the action of the extended affine Weyl group to the