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Towards effective topological field theory for knots

High Energy Physics - Theory 2015-08-31 v2 Geometric Topology Quantum Algebra

Abstract

Construction of (colored) knot polynomials for double-fat graphs is further generalized to the case when "fingers" and "propagators" are substituting R-matrices in arbitrary closed braids with m-strands. Original version of arXiv:1504.00371 corresponds to the case m=2, and our generalizations sheds additional light on the structure of those mysterious formulas. Explicit expressions are now combined from Racah matrices of the type RRRˉRˉR\otimes R\otimes\bar R\longrightarrow \bar R and mixing matrices in the sectors R3QR^{\otimes 3}\longrightarrow Q. Further extension is provided by composition rules, allowing to glue two blocks, connected by an m-strand braid (they generalize the product formula for ordinary composite knots with m=1).

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@article{arxiv.1506.00339,
  title  = {Towards effective topological field theory for knots},
  author = {A. Mironov and A. Morozov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1506.00339},
  year   = {2015}
}

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10 pages + table in Appendix

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