Categorification of Highest Weight Modules via Khovanov-Lauda-Rouquier Algebras

Abstract: In this paper, we prove Khovanov-Lauda's cyclotomic categorification conjecture for all symmetrizable Kac-Moody algebras. Let $U_q(g)$ be the quantum group associated with a symmetrizable Cartan datum and let $V(\Lambda)$ be the irreducible highest weight $U_q(g)$-module with a dominant integral highest weight $\Lambda$. We prove that the cyclotomic Khovanov-Lauda-Rouquier algebra $R^{\Lambda}$ gives a categorification of $V(\Lambda)$.