TITLE: Symmetries of module categories over the category of representations of quantum $sl(2)$
QUESTION [10 upvotes]: The category $\mathcal{C}_l$ of tilting modules of the quantum group $U_q(sl_2)$ quotiented out by the modules of zero quantum dimension has a natural structure as a semisimple monoidal category when the quantum parameter $q$ is a root of unity.  The module categories of $\mathcal{C}_l$ (or equivalently, quantum subgroups of $U_q(sl_2)$) are classified by ADE diagrams. See for example, section 6 of Ostrik.
Let $K_0(\mathcal{C_l})$ be the Grothendieck ring of $\mathcal{C}_l$.  The action of $\mathcal{C}_l$ on a module category by tensor product on the objects defines a based module $M$ over $K_0(l)$.  The generating element of $K_0(\mathcal C_l)$ acts as a matrix $A$ on $M$, where $A$ is the adjacency matrix of the corresponding ADE Dynkin diagram.
The ADE Dynkin diagrams have graph symmetries: the A-type and E_6 graphs can have the order of the vertices reversed, the D-type graphs can switch the two short legs, and the D_4 graph exhibits a full $S(3)$ symmetry.  All of these symmetries induce based module symmetries on the corresponding based module $M$.
In what ways can the symmetries on the based modules be extended to symmetries of the corresponding module categories?  Can you construct module functors from the module category to itself that induce this symmetry on the based modules?  If not, is there some lesser structure than a module category but greater than a based module that can be preserved under these symmetries?

REPLY [4 votes]: Marcel's answer is great if you're familiar with the literature, but let me try to give a more direct argument.
Recall that for $A_n$, $D_{2n}$,$E_6$, and $E_8$ the module category actually is itself a tensor category with the action given by applying a tensor functor and then tensoring on the left.  So suppose we have $\mathcal{F}:\mathcal{C} \rightarrow \mathcal{D}$ a tensor functor making $\mathcal{D}$ into a module category for $\mathcal{C}$.  Clearly tensoring on the right by any object in $\mathcal{D}$ gives a module endofunctor, and tensoring on the right with an invertible object gives a module autoequivalence.  For the 2-fold symmetry of $A_n$, the 3-fold symmetry of $D_4$ and the $2$-fold symmetry of $E_6$ it's easy to see that the Dynkin diagram automorphism is just given by tensoring on the right with an invertible object.
The harder case to deal with is the 2-fold symmetries of $D_{2n}$ and of $D_{2n+1}$.  In the former case, there's no invertibles around to tensor with, and in the latter case the module category doesn't come from a tensor product.  
In the odd case there's a nice trick.  If $\mathcal{C}$ is a braided tensor category and $\mathcal{M}$ is a module category, then you can use the braiding to make tensoring with an object $X$ into a module endofunctor.  If you take $X$ to be the nontrivial invertible object in quantum SU(2), then a quick combinatorial check shows that tensoring with it implements the diagram involution.  In the even case, the above trick doesn't work since tensoring with the nontrivial invertible object in quantum SU(2) fixes the two ends of the fork.  
In both the odd and even cases for type D, everything is governed by $\mathbb{Z}/2\mathbb{Z}$ so you can just do the calculation directly.  Recall that $D_{2n}$ is realized as a module category as the category of right modules for the algebra $1+X$ (where X is the nontrivial invertible object).  It's easy to see that the two ends of the fork correspond to two different module structures on the middle object.  As Marcel said, any module endofunctor is then given by tensoring on the right with some A-A bimodule.  Typically the only invertible A-A bimodules have underlying object A itself ($D_4$ has extras, we'll just not use them), and then it's just a $\mathbb{Z}/2\mathbb{Z}$ fact that there are exactly two such bimodules.
We want to know if tensoring with the nontrivial one switches or leaves fixed the two mod-A structures on the middle object.  This can be rephrased just in terms of the group $G=\mathbb{Z}/2\mathbb{Z}$, and so you can see that yes it switches them.  I feel like there should be a cleaner way to see this though.