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Khovanov homology is a skew Howe $2$–representation of categorified quantum $\mathfrak{sl}_m$

Aaron D Lauda, Hoel Queffelec and David E V Rose

Algebraic & Geometric Topology 15 (2015) 2517–2608

DOI: 10.2140/agt.2015.15.2517

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