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Naturality of ${\rm SL}_n$ quantum trace maps for surfaces

Quantum Algebra 2024-12-24 v1

Abstract

The SLn{\rm SL}_n-skein algebra of a punctured surface S\mathfrak{S}, studied by Sikora, is an algebra generated by isotopy classes of nn-webs living in the thickened surface S×(1,1)\mathfrak{S} \times (-1,1), where an nn-web is a union of framed links and framed oriented nn-valent graphs satisfying certain conditions. For each ideal triangulation λ\lambda of S\mathfrak{S}, L\^e and Yu constructed an algebra homomorphism, called the SLn{\rm SL}_n-quantum trace, from the SLn{\rm SL}_n-skein algebra of S\mathfrak{S} to a so-called balanced subalgebra of the nn-root version of Fock and Goncharov's quantum torus algebra associated to λ\lambda. We show that the SLn{\rm SL}_n-quantum trace maps for different ideal triangulations are related to each other via a balanced nn-th root version of the quantum coordinate change isomorphism, which extends Fock and Goncharov's isomorphism for quantum cluster varieties. We avoid heavy computations in the proof, by using the splitting homomorphisms of L\^e and Sikora, and a network dual to the nn-triangulation of λ\lambda studied by Schrader and Shapiro.

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@article{arxiv.2412.16959,
  title  = {Naturality of ${\rm SL}_n$ quantum trace maps for surfaces},
  author = {Hyun Kyu Kim and Zhihao Wang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2412.16959},
  year   = {2024}
}

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