Kauffman bracket skein module of the connected sum of handlebodies: a counterexample

DOI10.1007/S00229-021-01288-5zbMATH Open1494.57025arXiv2005.07750OpenAlexW3138682193WikidataQ124877525 ScholiaQ124877525MaRDI QIDQ2114210FDOQ2114210

Authors: Rhea Palak Bakshi, Józef H. Przytycki 

Publication date: 15 March 2022

Published in: Manuscripta Mathematica (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: In this paper we disprove a twenty-two year old theorem about the structure of the Kauffman bracket skein module of the connected sum of two handlebodies. We achieve this by analysing handle slidings on compressing discs in a handlebody. We find more relations than previously predicted for the Kauffman bracket skein module of the connected sum of handlebodies, when one of them is not a solid torus. Additionally, we speculate on the structure of the Kauffman bracket skein module of the connected sum of two solid tori.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2005.07750

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zbMATH Keywords

knot theoryhandlebodiesKauffman bracketskein modules

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Knot theory (57K10) Invariants of 3-manifolds (including skein modules, character varieties) (57K31)

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