Tresses et structure entière sur la catégorie des représentations de sl_Nquantique (Q4953305)

\textit{V. G. Turaev} and \textit{O. Y. Viro} [Topology 31, No. 4, 865-902 (1992; Zbl 0779.57009)] introduced certain quantum invariants of 3-manifolds. These invariants are known to lie in certain cyclotomic fields and are hoped to be algebraic integers. This has been proved in various situations. In particular, \textit{G. Masbaum} and \textit{H. Wenzl} [J. Reine Angew. Math. 505, 209-235 (1998; Zbl 0919.57010)] have deduced such a property from the existence of what they called an `integral subcategory' of a modular category. The paper under review extends their method to the case of premodular categories. These are still semisimple abelian categories with finitely many simple objects, but the associated \(S\)-matrix needs not to be invertible any more. In the case of type \(A\), such premodular categories are constructed in two equivalent ways, via quantum groups and via Hecke algebras. It is shown that the resulting categories are `defined' over certain algebraic integers.