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A survey on skein modules via braids

Geometric Topology 2023-11-14 v1 Quantum Algebra

Abstract

In this paper we present recent results on the computation of skein modules of 3-manifolds using braids and appropriate knot algebras. Skein modules generalize knot polynomials in S3S^3 to knot polynomials in arbitrary 3-manifolds and they have become extremely essential algebraic tools in the study of 3-manifolds. In this paper we present the braid approach to the HOMFLYPT and the Kauffman bracket skein modules of the Solid Torus ST and the lens spaces L(p,1)L(p,1) and S1×S2S^1\times S^2.

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@article{arxiv.2311.06556,
  title  = {A survey on skein modules via braids},
  author = {Ioannis Diamantis},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2311.06556},
  year   = {2023}
}

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34 pages, 31 figures. arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:2005.00737, arXiv:2204.00410, arXiv:1702.06290, arXiv:2307.12275

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