A positive basis for surface skein algebras
Geometric Topology
2016-11-03 v2 Combinatorics
Rings and Algebras
Abstract
We show that the twisted SL(2) skein algebra of a surface has a natural basis (the bracelets basis) that is positive, in the sense that the structure constants for multiplication are positive integers.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1310.1959,
title = {A positive basis for surface skein algebras},
author = {Dylan P. Thurston},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1310.1959},
year = {2016}
}
Comments
8 pages, 5 figures; v2: Published version