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Kauffman bracket versus Jones polynomial skein modules

Geometric Topology 2022-04-05 v3

Abstract

This paper resolves the problem of comparing the skein modules defined using the skein relations discovered by R. Kirby and P. Melvin that underlie the Reshetikhin-Turaev model for SU(2)SU(2) Chern-Simons theory to the Kauffman bracket skein modules. Several applications and examples are presented.

Cite

@article{arxiv.2102.03655,
  title  = {Kauffman bracket versus Jones polynomial skein modules},
  author = {Shamon Almeida and Razvan Gelca},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2102.03655},
  year   = {2022}
}
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