Representations of the Kauffman bracket skein algebra. I: Invariants and miraculous cancellations

DOI10.1007/S00222-015-0611-YzbMATH Open1383.57015arXiv1206.1638OpenAlexW3098403102MaRDI QIDQ284630FDOQ284630

Authors: Francis Bonahon, Helen Wong 

Publication date: 18 May 2016

Published in: Inventiones Mathematicae (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We study finite-dimensional representations of the Kauffman skein algebra of a surface S. In particular, we construct invariants of such irreducible representations when the underlying parameter q is a root of unity. The main one of these invariants is a point in the character variety consisting of group homomorphisms from the fundamental group of S to SL_2(C), or in a twisted version of this character variety. The proof relies on certain miraculous cancellations that occur for the quantum trace homomorphism constructed by the authors. These miraculous cancellations also play a fundamental role in subsequent work of the authors, where novel examples of representations of the skein algebra are constructed.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1206.1638

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