Virtual tangles and fiber functors

DOI10.1142/S0218216519500445zbMATH Open1460.57012arXiv1602.03080MaRDI QIDQ5223020FDOQ5223020

Authors: Adrien Brochier 

Publication date: 4 July 2019

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

Abstract: We define a category $vmathcalT$ of tangles diagrams drawn on surfaces with boundaries. On the one hand we show that there is a natural functor from the category of virtual tangles to $vmathcalT$ which induces an equivalence of categories. On the other hand, we show that $vmathcalT$ is universal among ribbon categories equipped with a strong monoidal functor to a symmetric monoidal category. This is a generalization of the Shum-Reshetikhin-Turaev theorem characterizing the category of ordinary tangles as the free ribbon category. This gives a straightforward proof that all quantum invariants of links extends to framed oriented virtual links. This also provides a clear explanation of the relation between virtual tangles and Etingof-Kazhdan formalism suggested by Bar-Natan. We prove a similar statement for virtual braids, and discuss the relation between our category and knotted trivalent graphs.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1602.03080

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zbMATH Keywords

quantum algebravirtual knots

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantum groups (quantized enveloping algebras) and related deformations (17B37) Finite-type and quantum invariants, topological quantum field theories (TQFT) (57K16) Generalized knots (virtual knots, welded knots, quandles, etc.) (57K12)

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