SU(3)-skein algebras and webs on surfaces

DOI10.1007/S00209-021-02765-ZMaRDI QIDQ2070920zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Adam S. Sikora, Charles Frohman

Publication date 25 January 2022

Published in Mathematische Zeitschrift (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/2002.08151

zbMATH Keywords

character varietiesskein algebraweb

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Ring-theoretic aspects of quantum groups (16T20) Invariants of 3-manifolds (including skein modules, character varieties) (57K31)

Abstract: The $S{U}_3$-skein algebra of a surface $F$ is spanned by isotopy classes of certain framed graphs in $FimesI$ called $3$-webs subject to the skein relations encapsulating relations between $U_q(sl(3))$-representations. These skein algebras are quantizations of the $SL(3)$-character varieties of surfaces. It is expected that their theory parallels that of the Kauffman bracket skein algebras. We make the first step towards developing that theory by proving that the reduced $S{U}_3$-skein algebra of any surface of finite type is finitely generated. We achieve that result by developing a theory of canonical forms of webs in surfaces. Specifically, we show that for any ideal triangulation of $F$ every reduced $3$-web can be uniquely decomposed into unions of pyramid formations of hexagons and disjoint arcs in the faces of the triangulation with possible additional "crossbars" connecting their edges along the ideal triangulation. We show that such canonical position is unique up to "crossbar moves". That leads us to an associated system of coordinates for webs in triangulated surfaces (counting intersections of the web with the edges of the triangulation and their rotation numbers inside of the faces of the triangulation) which determine a reduced web uniquely. Finally, we relate our skein algebras to $calA$-varieties of Fock-Goncharov and to $ext{Loc}_{SL(3)}$-varieties of Goncharov-Shen. We believe that our coordinate system for webs is a manifestation of a (quantum) mirror symmetry conjectured by Goncharov-Shen.

Review text

The \(\mathrm{SU} (n)\)-skein module of a 3-manifolds \(M\) was introduced in [\textit{A. S. Sikora}, Algebr. Geom. Topol. 5, 865--897 (2005; Zbl 1087.57008)]. It is built on \(n\)-valent graphs, called \(n\)-webs, considered up to skein relations encapsulating relations appearing in the \(U_q (\mathit{sl}(n))\)-representation theory. The module is a \(q\)-deformation of the \(\mathrm{SL}(n)\)-character variety of \(\pi_1(M)\). In this article the authors study \(\mathrm{SU} (3)\)-skein algebras of a cylinder over a surface, \(F \times I\). For \(n = 2\) this is the Kauffman bracket skein algebra, which is one of the central objects of quantum topology, and has been a subject of a very active research over the recent years. In this article, the authors made the first step towards a development of an analogous theory for \(\mathrm{SU} (3)\)-skein algebras.

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