Closed Formulas for $\eta$-Corrections in the Once Punctured Torus
Abstract
We study -correction terms in the Kauffman bracket skein algebra of the once-punctured torus . While the Frohman--Gelca product-to-sum rule gives an explicit multiplication formula on the closed torus, the once-punctured torus introduces correction terms in the ideal . We give a closed formula for the Chebyshev-threaded family generated by the primitive determinant-two pair The correction has an explicit Chebyshev expansion whose coefficients factor as geometric sums in and whose terms are governed by a parity pattern arising from the Chebyshev recurrence. We also treat a primitive maximal-thread regime, in which one Frohman--Gelca summand is fully threaded and the other is simple or doubly covered. In this case the discrepancy is an explicit -linear cascade with Chebyshev -coefficients, lowering the thread degree by two at each step. These formulas recover the relevant low-determinant behavior and give compact closed multiplication rules for structured threaded families in .
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@article{arxiv.2508.18334,
title = {Closed Formulas for $\eta$-Corrections in the Once Punctured Torus},
author = {Nelson A. Colon Vargas},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2508.18334},
year = {2026}
}