Positive basis for surface skein algebras

DOI10.1073/PNAS.1313070111zbMATH Open1355.57015arXiv1310.1959OpenAlexW2144996322WikidataQ33919761 ScholiaQ33919761MaRDI QIDQ2962239FDOQ2962239

Authors: Dylan P. Thurston 

Publication date: 16 February 2017

Published in: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We show that the twisted SL(2) skein algebra of a surface has a natural basis (the bracelets basis) that is positive, in the sense that the structure constants for multiplication are positive integers.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1310.1959

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