Traces on the skein algebra of the torus
Geometric Topology
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
For a surface , the Kauffman bracket skein module of , denoted , admits a natural multiplication which makes it an algebra. When specialized at a complex number , nonzero and not a root of unity, we have , a vector space over . In this paper, we will use the product-to-sum formula of Frohman and Gelca to show that the vector space has five distinct traces. One trace, the Yang-Mills measure, is obtained by picking off the coefficient of the empty skein. The other four traces on correspond to each of the four homology classes of the torus.
Cite
@article{arxiv.math/0603343,
title = {Traces on the skein algebra of the torus},
author = {Michael McLendon},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0603343},
year = {2007}
}
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8 pages, 1 figure