Some unitary representations of Thompson's groups \(F\) and \(T\) (Q509938)

Summary: In a ``naive'' attempt to create algebraic quantum field theories on the circle, we obtain a family of unitary representations of Thompson's groups \(T\) and \(F\) for any subfactor. The Thompson group elements are the ``local scale transformations'' of the theory. In a simple case the coefficients of the representations are polynomial invariants of links. We show that all links arise and introduce new ``oriented'' subgroups of \(\overrightarrow{F} < F\) and \(\overrightarrow{T} < T\) which allow us to produce all oriented knots and links.