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Frobenius-Schur Indicators and the Mapping Class Group of the Torus

Quantum Algebra 2022-04-27 v1

Abstract

The Turaev-Viro state sum invariant can be extended to 3-manifolds with free boundaries. We use this fact to describe generalized Frobenius-Schur indicators as Turaev-Viro invariants of solid tori. This provides a geometric understanding of the SL(2,Z)\mathrm{SL}(2,\mathbb{Z})-equivariance of these indicators.

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@article{arxiv.2104.12742,
  title  = {Frobenius-Schur Indicators and the Mapping Class Group of the Torus},
  author = {Julian Farnsteiner and Christoph Schweigert},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2104.12742},
  year   = {2022}
}

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29 pages