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Stated $SL_n$-skein modules, roots of unity, and TQFT

Quantum Algebra 2025-03-21 v2

Abstract

For a pb surface Σ\Sigma, two positive integers m,nm,n with mnm\mid n, and two invertible elements v,ϵv,\epsilon in a commutative domain RR with ϵ2m=1\epsilon^{2m} = 1, we construct an RR-linear isomorphism between the stated SLnSL_n-skein algebras Sn(Σ,v)S_n(\Sigma,v) and Sn(Σ,ϵv)S_n(\Sigma,\epsilon v), which restricts to an algebraic ismorphism between subalgebras of Sn(Σ,v)S_n(\Sigma,v) and Sn(Σ,ϵv)S_n(\Sigma,\epsilon v). Using this linear isomorphism, we prove the splitting map Θc:Sn(Σ,v)Sn(Cutc(Σ),v)\Theta_{c}:S_n(\Sigma,v)\rightarrow S_n(\text{Cut}_c(\Sigma),v) for the pb surface Σ\Sigma and the ideal arc cc is injective when v2m=1v^{2m} = 1 and mnm\mid n. We generalize Barrett's work to the SLnSL_n-skein space and stated SLnSL_n-skein space. As an application, we prove the splitting map for the marked 3-manifolds is always injective when the quantum parameter v=1v=-1. Let (M,N)(M,\mathcal{N}) be a connected marked 3-manifold with N\mathcal{N}\neq\emptyset, and let (M,N)(M,\mathcal{N}') be obtained from (M,N)(M,\mathcal{N}) by adding one extra marking. When v4=1v^4 =1, we prove the RR-linear map from Sn(M,N,v)S_n(M,\mathcal{N},v) to Sn(M,N,v)S_n(M,\mathcal{N}',v) induced by the embedding (M,N)(M,N)(M,\mathcal{N})\rightarrow (M,\mathcal{N}') is injective and Sn(M.N,v)=Sn(M,N,v)ROqv(SLn)S_n(M.\mathcal{N}',v) = S_n(M,\mathcal{N},v)\otimes_{R}O_{q_v}(SL_n), where Oqv(SLn)O_{q_v}(SL_n) is the quantization of the regular function ring of SLnSL_n. This shows the splitting map for Sn(M,N,v)S_n(M,\mathcal{N},v) is always injective. We formulate the stated SLnSL_n-TQFT theory, which generalizes the Costantino and L\^e's stated SL2SL_2-TQFT theory.

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@article{arxiv.2401.09995,
  title  = {Stated $SL_n$-skein modules, roots of unity, and TQFT},
  author = {Zhihao Wang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2401.09995},
  year   = {2025}
}

Comments

29 pages, the update for the accepted version, to appear in Israel Journal of Mathematics