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The Gram determinant of the type B Temperley-Lieb algebra

Geometric Topology 2008-02-28 v2

Abstract

In this paper, we solve a problem posed by Rodica Simion regarding type B Gram determinants. We present this in a fashion influenced by the work of W.B.R.Lickorish on Witten-Reshetikhin-Turaev invariants of 3-manifolds. The roots of the determinant were predicted by Dabkowski and Przytycki, and the complete factorization was conjectured by Gefry Barad. We will give a detailed history of this problem in a sequel paper in which we also plan to address other related questions by Simion, and connect the problem to Frenkel-Khovanov's work.

Cite

@article{arxiv.0802.1083,
  title  = {The Gram determinant of the type B Temperley-Lieb algebra},
  author = {Qi Chen and Jozef H. Przytycki},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0802.1083},
  year   = {2008}
}
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