The Torelli group and the Kauffman bracket skein module
Geometric Topology
2016-06-30 v2
Abstract
We introduce an embedding of the Torelli group of a compact connected oriented surface with non-empty connected boundary into the completed Kauffman bracket skein algebra of the surface, which gives a new construction of the first Johnson homomorphism.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1606.01114,
title = {The Torelli group and the Kauffman bracket skein module},
author = {Shunsuke Tsuji},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1606.01114},
year = {2016}
}
Comments
15 pages, 14 figures