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Holonomy braidings, biquandles and quantum invariants of links with $SL_2(\mathbb C)$ flat connections

Geometric Topology 2018-06-08 v1 Quantum Algebra

Abstract

R. Kashaev and N. Reshetikhin introduced the notion of holonomy braiding extending V. Turaev's homotopy braiding to describe the behavior of cyclic representations of the unrestricted quantum group Uqsl2U_qsl_2 at root of unity. In this paper, using quandles and biquandles we develop a general theory for Reshetikhin-Turaev ribbon type functor for tangles with quandle representations. This theory applies to the unrestricted quantum group Uqsl2U_qsl_2 and produces an invariant of links with a gauge class of quandle representations.

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@article{arxiv.1806.02787,
  title  = {Holonomy braidings, biquandles and quantum invariants of links with $SL_2(\mathbb C)$ flat connections},
  author = {Christian Blanchet and Nathan Geer and Bertrand Patureau-Mirand and Nicolai Reshetikhin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1806.02787},
  year   = {2018}
}

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54 pages, 64 figures