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Closed Formulas for $\eta$-Corrections in the Once Punctured Torus

Geometric Topology 2026-05-14 v3 Quantum Algebra

Abstract

We study η\eta-correction terms in the Kauffman bracket skein algebra of the once-punctured torus Kt(Σ1,1)K_t(\Sigma_{1,1}). 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 (η)(\eta). We give a closed formula for the Chebyshev-threaded family generated by the primitive determinant-two pair Pn=Tn((1,2))(1,0). P_n=T_n((1,2))\cdot(1,0). The correction ϵn\epsilon_n has an explicit Chebyshev expansion whose coefficients factor as geometric sums in t±4t^{\pm4} 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 η\eta-linear cascade with Chebyshev SS-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 Kt(Σ1,1)K_t(\Sigma_{1,1}).

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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}
}