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Cosets of monodromies and quantum representations

Geometric Topology 2020-10-16 v3 Quantum Algebra

Abstract

We use geometric methods to show that given any 33-manifold MM, and gg a sufficiently large integer, the mapping class group Mod(Σg,1)\mathrm{Mod}(\Sigma_{g,1}) contains a coset of an abelian subgroup of rank g2,\lfloor \frac{g}{2}\rfloor, consisting of pseudo-Anosov monodromies of open-book decompositions in M.M. We prove a similar result for rank two free cosets of Mod(Σg,1).\mathrm{Mod}(\Sigma_{g,1}). These results have applications to a conjecture of Andersen, Masbaum and Ueno about quantum representations of surface mapping class groups. For surfaces with boundary, and large enough genus, we construct cosets of abelian and free subgroups of their mapping class groups consisting of elements that satisfy the conjecture. The mapping tori of these elements are fibered 3-manifolds that satisfy a weak form of the Turaev-Viro invariants volume conjecture.

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@article{arxiv.2001.04518,
  title  = {Cosets of monodromies and quantum representations},
  author = {Renaud Detcherry and Efstratia Kalfagianni},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2001.04518},
  year   = {2020}
}

Comments

Minor revisions following referee suggestions. To appear in Indiana University Mathematics Journal

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