Jones Pairs

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Authors Ada Chan

Publication date 12 July 2007

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Association schemes, strongly regular graphs (05E30)

Abstract: Motivated by Jones' braid group representations constructed from spin models, we define {sl a Jones pair} to be a pair of $byn$ matrices $(A,B)$ such that the endomorphisms $X_A$ and $D_B$ form a representation of a braid group. When $A$ and $B$ are type-II matrices, we call $(A,B)$ {sl an invertible Jones pair}. We develop the theory of Jones pairs in this thesis. Our aim is to study the connections among association schemes, spin models and four-weight spin models using the viewpoint of Jones pairs. We use Nomura's method to construct a pair of algebras from the matrices $(A,B)$, which we call the Nomura algebras of $(A,B)$. These algebras become the central tool in this thesis. We explore their properties in Chapters ef{Nomura} and ef{IINom}. In Chapter ef{JP}, we introduce Jones pairs. We prove the equivalence of four-weight spin models and invertible Jones pairs. We extend some existing concepts for four-weight spin models to Jones pairs. In Chapter ef{SpinModels}, we provide new proofs for some well-known results on the Bose-Mesner algebras associated with spin models. We document the main results of the thesis in Chapter ef{InvJP}. We prove that every four-weight spin model comes from a symmetric spin model (up to odd-gauge equivalence). We present four Bose-Mesner algebras associated to each four-weight spin model. We study the relations among these algebras. In particular, we provide a strategy to search for four-weight spin models. This strategy is analogous to the method given by Bannai, Bannai and Jaeger for finding spin models.

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