Skein relations for spin networks, modifed

DOI10.1142/S0218216518410031zbMATH Open1408.57007arXiv1807.07244WikidataQ129973874 ScholiaQ129973874MaRDI QIDQ4579849FDOQ4579849

Authors: Jerzy Kocik 

Publication date: 10 August 2018

Published in: Journal of Knot Theory and Its Ramifications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: An alternative framework underlying connection between tensor ${msl}_2$-calculus and spin networks is suggested. New sign convention for the inner product in the dual spinor space leads to a simpler and direct set of initial rules for the diagrammatic recoupling methods. Yet it preserves the standard chromatic graph evaluations. In contrast with the standard formulation, the background space is that of symmetric tensor spaces, which seems to be in accordance with the representation theory of $mSL(2)$. An example of Apollonian disk packing is shown to be a source of spin networks. The graph labeling is extended to non-integer values, resulting in the complex-values of chromatic evaluations.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1807.07244

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zbMATH Keywords

spin networkskein relationSL(2)Apollonian disk configuration

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of group representations to physics and other areas of science (20C35) Quantization of the gravitational field (83C45)

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• On skein relations in class S theories
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