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MOY calculus in type D

Quantum Algebra 2025-05-15 v2 Combinatorics Geometric Topology

Abstract

We define a positive state sum for webs "of type D". These webs are graphs which mimic morphisms in the category of finite-dimensional quantum so(2N)-modules. From the state sum, we derive an invariant of framed unoriented links. After giving explicit details about some intertwiners in the category of quantum so(2N)-modules, we relate our state-sum link invariant with Reshetikhin--Turaev's invariant associated with quantum so(2N).

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@article{arxiv.2501.04332,
  title  = {MOY calculus in type D},
  author = {Elijah Bodish and Louis-Hadrien Robert and Emmanuel Wagner},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2501.04332},
  year   = {2025}
}

Comments

48 pages, many diagrams, comments welcome! v2: Clarified statement, improved introduction, 50 pages

R2 v1 2026-06-28T20:59:35.268Z