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Projective representations of mapping class groups in combinatorial quantization

Quantum Algebra 2024-02-29 v2 Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

Let Σg,n\Sigma_{g,n} be a compact oriented surface of genus gg with nn open disks removed. The graph algebra Lg,n(H)\mathcal{L}_{g,n}(H) was introduced by Alekseev--Grosse--Schomerus and Buffenoir--Roche and is a combinatorial quantization of the moduli space of flat connections on Σg,n\Sigma_{g,n}. We construct a projective representation of the mapping class group of Σg,n\Sigma_{g,n} using Lg,n(H)\mathcal{L}_{g,n}(H) and its subalgebra of invariant elements. Here we assume that the gauge Hopf algebra HH is finite-dimensional, factorizable and ribbon, but not necessarily semi-simple. We also give explicit formulas for the representation of the Dehn twists generating the mapping class group; in particular, we show that it is equivalent to a representation constructed by V. Lyubashenko using categorical methods.

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@article{arxiv.1812.00446,
  title  = {Projective representations of mapping class groups in combinatorial quantization},
  author = {Matthieu Faitg},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1812.00446},
  year   = {2024}
}

Comments

32 pages; minor corrections and improvements; new section and new theorem added

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