Bilinear forms on skein modules and steps in Dyck paths

DOI10.1063/1.3609231zbMATH Open1317.81235arXiv1011.0941OpenAlexW1969148821MaRDI QIDQ5266096FDOQ5266096

Toufik Mansour, Xuanting Cai

Publication date: 29 July 2015

Published in: Journal of Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We use Jones-Wenzl idempotents to construct bases for the relative Kauffman bracket skein module of a square with n points colored 1 and one point colored h. We consider a natural bilinear form on this skein module. We calculate the determinant of the matrix for this form with respect to the natural basis. We reduce the computation to count some steps in generalized Dyck paths. Moreover, we relate our determinant to a determinant on semi-meanders.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1011.0941

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Determinants, permanents, traces, other special matrix functions (15A15) Coloring of graphs and hypergraphs (05C15) Quadratic and bilinear forms, inner products (15A63) Topological field theories in quantum mechanics (81T45) Quantum equilibrium statistical mechanics (general) (82B10)

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