Traces on the skein algebra of the torus

DOI10.1016/J.TOPOL.2007.08.005MaRDI QIDQ2463877zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Michael McLendon

Publication date 6 December 2007

Published in Topology and its Applications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0603343

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Skein algebraTorustrace

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Abstract: For a surface $F$, the Kauffman bracket skein module of $Fimes[0,1]$, denoted $K(F)$, admits a natural multiplication which makes it an algebra. When specialized at a complex number $t$, nonzero and not a root of unity, we have $K_t(F)$, a vector space over $mathbbC$. In this paper, we will use the product-to-sum formula of Frohman and Gelca to show that the vector space $K_t(T^2)$ has five distinct traces. One trace, the Yang-Mills measure, is obtained by picking off the coefficient of the empty skein. The other four traces on $K_t(T^2)$ correspond to each of the four $mathbb{Z}_2$ homology classes of the torus.

Review text

Let \(R={\mathbb Z}[t^\pm]\) be the ring of Laurent polynomials. For a surface \(F\), the Kauffman bracket skein module of \(F \times [0,1]\), denoted \(K(F)\), admits a natural multiplication which makes it an \(R\)-algebra. In the paper under discussion the author makes the following assumptions: \(F\) is the standard torus \(T^2\) and \(t\) is a complex number that is non zero and not a root of unity. Hence the skein algebra \(K(F)\) is specialized at \(t\) to form \(K_{t}(F)\), a vector space over \({\mathbb C}\). The main result of the paper is that the space of traces on \(K_{t}(F)\) is a five dimensional vector space over \({\mathbb C}\). Moreover, the author shows that the vector space \(K_{t}(T^2)\) has five distinct traces. One trace, the Yang-Mills measure, is obtained by picking off the coefficient of the empty skein. The other four traces on \(K_{t}(T^{2})\) correspond to each of the four \({\mathbb Z}/ 2{\mathbb Z}\) homology classes of the torus.

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